Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!princeton!allegra!ulysses!gamma!zeta!sabre!faline!bellcore!vortex!lauren From: lauren@vortex.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: MINIX (and code postings) Message-ID: <957@vortex.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-Jan-87 03:56:13 EST Article-I.D.: vortex.957 Posted: Tue Jan 13 03:56:13 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Jan-87 20:38:47 EST Distribution: world Organization: Vortex Technology, Los Angeles Lines: 27 I just thought I'd point out something that should be pretty obvious-- but given all the new people on the nets maybe it should be said explicitly occasionally: DON'T POST AT&T UNIX BINARIES OR SOURCE (OR BINARIES OR SOURCE BASED ON AT&T UNIX SOURCES) TO THE NETWORK! FOR THAT MATTER, NEVER POST ANY NON-PUBLIC-DOMAIN SOFTWARE UNLESS YOU HAVE EXPLICIT PERMISSION TO DO SO FROM THE ENTITY THAT LICENSES SUCH SOFTWARE! I mention this in response to Andy's comment to a uucp query where he said (more or less): "if you have one that runs under V7 let me know or post it." I assume that he meant to add, "IF and only IF it is PUBLIC-DOMAIN AND NOT BASED ON AT&T CODE." This should apply to any and all utilities/programs (communications programs, compilers, or whatever) that anyone might consider for use with MINIX or anything else for that matter--they should not be non-public-domain code nor should they be based on non-public-domain code. I know that Andy has been scrupulous in making sure that nothing relating in any way to AT&T Unix source or binaries has been included in MINIX, and I assume he wants others to share his respect for non-public-domain code as well. As I said above, I believe that most people on the network would consider the above to be self-evident, but it never hurts to be explicit once in a while when dealing with a growing network community! --Lauren--