Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!labrea!kestrel!sci From: sci@kestrel.ARPA (Mike Liveright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Forwarded message (MINIX) Message-ID: <16065@kestrel.ARPA> Date: Sat, 3-Jan-87 17:56:15 EST Article-I.D.: kestrel.16065 Posted: Sat Jan 3 17:56:15 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 3-Jan-87 22:36:16 EST References: <8701022135.AA07189@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <2771@mit-hermes.AI.MIT.EDU> Reply-To: sci@kestrel.UUCP (Mike Liveright) Organization: Kestrel Institute, Palo Alto, CA Lines: 23 Keywords: Semi Public Unix clone I talked to the publisher of MINIX {Prentice Hall} about the porting of the software to other CPU's. Yes -- they do have some rights on the source code... On the other hand, he person I talked to said that they want to be reasonable. After some friendly discussion, 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. {I felt that this was reasonable since thay, and the author, have done a lot of work} Thus if someone ports MINIX to a CPU, then other people could use it, and the utilities after paying this royality. P.S. they seem to be willing to permit a person to make a few copies at no charge for "educational" purposes. 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.