Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!munnari!mulga!andrew From: andrew@mulga.OZ (Andrew Worsley) Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.unix.wizards Subject: 4.2 minix and request for news group Message-ID: <1744@mulga.OZ> Date: Tue, 13-Jan-87 18:46:57 EST Article-I.D.: mulga.1744 Posted: Tue Jan 13 18:46:57 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Jan-87 20:21:19 EST Organization: Comp Sci, Melbourne Uni, Australia Lines: 16 Xref: mnetor news.groups:168 comp.unix.wizards:586 This is another vote for a minix news group or mailing list. Also to start discussion off here is an interesting possible development from minix: As you probably know the main (and large cost) for non educational institutions buying 4.2 (source and binary) is buying the required AT&T source licenses, which is neseccary as 4.2 contains V7 (I believe it is V7) source code. How hard would it be to build a 4.2 based on minix's V7 code taking the 4.2 code from Berkeley's work? I am sure that Berkeley would be happy to be released from their bonds to AT&T. How easily can one do this legally, I mean how can you seperate out code written by Berkeley and that by AT&Ts? Can you legally work from code that is AT&Ts and publish it? andrew.