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From: phr@mit-hermes.AI.MIT.EDU (Paul Rubin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Forwarded message (MINIX)
Message-ID: <2772@mit-hermes.AI.MIT.EDU>
Date: Sun, 4-Jan-87 01:30:39 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan  4 01:30:39 1987
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In article <16065@kestrel.ARPA> sci@kestrel.UUCP (Mike Liveright) writes:
>	I talked to the publisher of MINIX {Prentice Hall} about the porting
>of the software to other CPU's... it was my impression that they
>were feeling their way, and would be willing to:
>
>		1) Ask NO MORE than the $80.00 that they are asking for the
>source code to have the source code and/or run MINIX or a derived system 
>on a CPU....
>		2) Discuss "volume" arrangements to possibly reduce this
>royality further under the "right" conditions...
>
>	As I understand it, the book will be out "real soon now" and it
>will be possible to get the source code in a few months. If it is good
>code, and can be ported to other CPU's, than I believe i might well be 
>the basis of a Share-Ware UNIX type system.


How can something be "Share-ware" if you have to pay someone for the
privilege of having a copy?  Wake up, people.