levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) (08/09/85)
Guys: What is one supposed to do (if anything) to legally be able to port Unix to a computer upon which it formerly did not run? I.e., what if somebody wants to port Berkeley Unix onto a 3BXX (dream on!) or Standard Unix onto some strange-o machine? What kind of license is one supposed to get for the legal right to try this? Thanks in advance to anyone who answers. -- ------------------------------- Disclaimer: The views contained herein are | dan levy | yvel nad | my own and are not at all those of my em- | an engihacker @ | ployer, my pets, my plants, my boss, or the | at&t computer systems division | s.a. of any computer upon which I may hack. | skokie, illinois | | "go for it" | Path: ..!ihnp4!ttrdc!levy -------------------------------- or: ..!ihnp4!iheds!ttbcad!levy
doc@cxsea.UUCP (Documentation ) (08/12/85)
> Guys: > > What is one supposed to do (if anything) to legally be able to port Unix > to a computer upon which it formerly did not run? I.e., what if somebody > wants to port Berkeley Unix onto a 3BXX (dream on!) or Standard Unix onto > some strange-o machine? What kind of license is one supposed to get for the > legal right to try this? Thanks in advance to anyone who answers. > -- Well, the first thing you do is negotiate a source distribution license with AT&T, which runs $25,000-$40,000, last time I looked into it. The fee depends on the port you want to do.
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (08/13/85)
> What is one supposed to do (if anything) to legally be able to port Unix > to a computer upon which it formerly did not run? I.e., what if somebody > wants to port Berkeley Unix onto a 3BXX (dream on!) or Standard Unix onto > some strange-o machine? What kind of license is one supposed to get for the > legal right to try this? Thanks in advance to anyone who answers. > -- You buy a source license. You do this for machines that you don't want to run UNIX on, but you use the core utilities ported over to that environment as well (supposes you have a C compiler). If you want to do something with Berkeley code, you have to deal with there terms. As I recall, Berkeley's agreement does not mention machines at all, it is per tape. -Ron