kcallis@pnet02.cts.com (Kim C. Callis) (01/12/89)
I am new to the Unix world, but if I remember correctly, there used to float
somewhere out there in the public domain, the entire Unix source from our
friends up at Berkley. Does anyone know where I can find this source code?
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Thanx,
K Callis
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INET: kcallis@pnet02.cts.comgwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn ) (01/13/89)
In article <10621@gryphon.COM> kcallis@pnet02.cts.com (Kim C. Callis) writes: > I am new to the Unix world, but if I remember correctly, there used to float >somewhere out there in the public domain, the entire Unix source from our >friends up at Berkley. Does anyone know where I can find this source code? UNIX source code is NOT in the public domain! It belongs to AT&T. UNIX source code after hacking on by Berkeley or others is still the property of AT&T, although the added hacks (only) can be considered to belong to whoever did them. There have been some attempts to produce systems resembling UNIX without using AT&T source code in the process. The most famous of these is the GNU project (Free Software Foundation), which keeps its source code on some machine at MIT (prep.mit.edu, I think).
steve@acich.UUCP (Steve Westfall) (01/14/89)
In article <10621@gryphon.COM>, kcallis@pnet02.cts.com (Kim C. Callis) writes: > if I remember correctly, there used to float somewhere out there in the > public domain, the entire Unix source from our friends up at Berkley. > Does anyone know where I can find this source code? I probably shouldn't, since you've undoubtedly received 5,000 replies by now, but: UNIX is not in the public domain. It belongs to AT&T. Maybe you've been living in southern California for too long! -- Steve Westfall Automated Concepts Inc. - Chicago Phone: (312) 380-4200 UUCP Mail: acich!steve@gargoyle.uchicago.edu | ...chinet!hcfeams!acich!steve MCI Mail: SWESTFALL