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Article #24250Re: Forwarded message (MINIX)
From: Paul Rubin
Date: Sun, 04 Jan 1987 06:30
Date: Sun, 04 Jan 1987 06:30
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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.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!mit-eddie!mit-hermes!phr 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 Article-I.D.: mit-herm.2772 Posted: Sun Jan 4 01:30:39 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 4-Jan-87 05:36:59 EST References: <8701022135.AA07189@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <2771@mit-hermes.AI.MIT.EDU> <16065@kestrel.ARPA> Reply-To: phr@hermes.UUCP (Paul Rubin) Organization: Free Software Foundation / GNU Project Lines: 19