Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site cxsea.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!cxsea!doc From: doc@cxsea.UUCP (Documentation ) Newsgroups: net.legal Subject: Re: Unix licenses when porting to new system Message-ID: <278@cxsea.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 13:10:51 EDT Article-I.D.: cxsea.278 Posted: Mon Aug 12 13:10:51 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 17-Aug-85 15:30:39 EDT References: <345@ttrdc.UUCP> Organization: Computer X Inc., Seattle, Washington. Lines: 12 > Guys: > > What is one supposed to do (if anything) to legally be able to port Unix > to a computer upon which it formerly did not run? I.e., what if somebody > wants to port Berkeley Unix onto a 3BXX (dream on!) or Standard Unix onto > some strange-o machine? What kind of license is one supposed to get for the > legal right to try this? Thanks in advance to anyone who answers. > -- Well, the first thing you do is negotiate a source distribution license with AT&T, which runs $25,000-$40,000, last time I looked into it. The fee depends on the port you want to do.