mml@m-net.ann-arbor.mi.us (Mark Lacey) (02/13/90)
This question has probably already been asked, but, when will P-H have version
1.5 available? Also, in the MINIX info sheet it says that P-H is allowing
3 or 4 copies to be given away...Is this for real?
Thanks in advance.
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) (02/14/90)
In article <10940@nigel.udel.EDU> mml@m-net.ann-arbor.mi.us (Mark Lacey) writes: >This question has probably already been asked, but, when will P-H have version >1.5 available? Also, in the MINIX info sheet it says that P-H is allowing >3 or 4 copies to be given away...Is this for real? I have already answered this, but once again: If all goes well, P-H will have 1.5 in the summer. Summer runs from June 22 to Sept 21 (although Bruce Evans, Earl Chew, and some others may disagree). Starting a couple of months ago, the shrink wrap license says you may make 2 backup copies. You may give this away to others, but they may not make further copies. Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)
jk0@image.soe.clarkson.edu (Jason Coughlin) (02/15/90)
From article <5396@star.cs.vu.nl>, by ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum): > Starting a couple of months ago, the shrink wrap license says you may make > 2 backup copies. You may give this away to others, but they may not make > further copies. > > Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl) Gee, I hate to add more to the sudden bandwidth, but does this mean that students taking an OS course now have to buy their own copy of Minix? Or may the instructor still provide the copies for the purposes of the course? I really hope instructors can hand out copies to their OS students because I don't think it's fair to make a student shell out $115 for 1 undergrad semester -- now a grad semester I might be able to understand. -- Jason Coughlin ( jk0@sun.soe.clarkson.edu , jk0@clutx ) "Every jumbled pile of person has a thinking part that wonders what the part that isn't thinking isn't thinking of." - They Might Be Giants
hbetel@watserv1.waterloo.edu (Heather) (02/15/90)
Unfair to shell out $115 for one semester? That's not that bad, in comparison to some $70 chemistry text books I have used. A hell of alot more usefull once the course is finished!
ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) (02/16/90)
In article <1990Feb14.172112.17552@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> jk0@image.soe.clarkson.edu (Jason Coughlin) writes: >I really hope instructors can hand out copies to their OS students Sorry, my error. Bona fide educational institutions like universities are permitted to make unlimited copies for teaching purposes. That's in the license. Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)