[net.unix-wizards] Unix License Legal Query

aron (01/30/83)

Is there anyone out there who can answer the following questions
with certainty:

	(1) Is a *binary* Unix license adequate for getting BSD unix?
	(2) When you get a Unix System III license, is it for a
particular machine class (Vax, 68000, pdp-11) or does it give you
the "right" to get Unix software for any processor?

Thanks.

				aron shtull-trauring
				harpo!seismo!presby!aron

aps (02/01/83)

Aron,
	In response to presby.170:

A *binary* UNIX license is adequate for getting BSD only if it is
a binary license based upon 32v, System III or System IV.  (I don't
know of any 32v redistribution agreements, however.)  As far as
System III licenses for a particular machine class, a license (any UNIX
license) is not for a particular machine class but for a particular
machine.  You could license your Cray-1 for UNIX Version 6.  The license
implies what software you can run on what machine.  When ordering
System III/IV, the distinctions between machines are used to help
them determine which tapes and boot instructions to send you.

Hope this helps.
	aps.