[net.general] Source code access privileges

cja (02/05/83)

A question on UNIX source code administration:

We are an educational facility running 4.1bsd UNIX under an academic
license.  Currently most UNIX source code is restricted to root access
(this includes the operating system and commands).

There are times when I, as a user, would like to access system source
code, particularly command implementations, for some private reason.
I suspect this desire exists at other sites where access is similarly
restricted, as I know there are other sites where the restrictions
do not exist.

Thus the question is: "What kinds of restrictions, if any, should be
placed on user access to system source code?"

Please mail replies to net.followup, and include your site's current
access policies.

				Chuck Antonelli
				mb2b!uofm-cv!cja