Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!mit-eddie!apollo!brian From: brian@apollo.COM (Campus3251) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: OSF joins AT&T Keywords: Sys V.3 licensed from AT&T Message-ID: <3dc8500b.18e92@apollo.COM> Date: 10 Aug 88 22:24:00 GMT References: <1583@edison.GE.COM> Reply-To: brian@apollo.COM (Brian Holt) Organization: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, MA Lines: 32 In article <1583@edison.GE.COM> rja@edison.GE.COM (rja) writes: > > This weeks issue of _INFOWORLD_ says that the OSF has licensed UNIX System V >release 2 (V.2) AND licensed UNIX System V.3 from AT&T. Well, given that they need to look at code from IBM AIX, DEC Ultrix, Apollo Domain/OS, HP/UX and others, and that much of that code is derived from AT&T, of course they need a source license! > I applaud the move by OSF since it means streams and a number of other nice >features of V.3 will be more generally available. Not necessarily. It simply means that they needed a source license to keep AT&T's lawyers off their backs. It also means they can consider the features of V.3, but certainly doesn't mean they they are planning to incorporate all of them. >UNIX is a trademark of AT&T Bell Laboratories. And I'm sure all those other ones I used (AIX, Ultrix, Domain/OS and HP/UX) are trademarks of those companies. Consider it noted. =brian Dis claim 'ere: My only connection to OSF is what I hear on the grapevine and is not official anything, other than grapes. -- Internet: brian@apollo.COM UUCP: {decvax,mit-erl,yale}!apollo!brian NETel: Apollo: 508-256-6600 x5694 Home: 617-332-3073 FISA: 617-964-8938 USPS: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford MA Home: 29 Trowbridge St. Newton MA (Copyright 1988 by author. All rights reserved. Free redistribution allowed.)