ronnie@mit-eddie.UUCP (Ronnie Schnell) (01/18/85)
Recently I posted a message asking about the legalities of the proposed
sale of a modification to the unix kernel. I appreciate the people
who responded to the article. I really should have been more specific
about what I am trying to do. I have created a system of terminal
linking much like the one that exists on the Dec-20 running Tops-20.
This is done with minor modifications to the kernel. I think it could
be very useful for a teacher/student interaction type of situation
as well as many security reasons. In any case, I would like to distribute
this without having to go through the trouble of a unix commercial
license, etc. One suggestion I got was to offer it as a
consulting service, where a company wanting the system would
pay my company a certain amount of money to install it on their computer.
Of course this would only be good for a computer with sources. I
would be willing to do this, but I am still unsure as to the legalities.
I would appreciate any input anyone has on this.
Thanks,
#Ron {ihnp4, decvax!genrad}!mit-eddie!ronnie
ronnie@mit-mc.arpaRon Natalie <ron@BRL-TGR> (01/19/85)
You can't sell what you wrote on an educational license. You can charge for your time installing it on someone elses system. We go by the same guidelines for government programs. They belong to the government, we give them out for nothing. You want help on using or installing it? Well that's people time and that costs. I guess I shouldn't deflate your balloon by telling you that LLL already implemented the link-up feature and gives it away. -Ron