mwm@ea.UUCP (09/09/84)
#N:ea:3400031:000:853 ea!mwm Sep 9 13:02:00 1984 /***** ea:net.bugs.uucp / wjh12!bb / 6:02 am Sep 5, 1984 */ Would sites who are fortunate enough to have source licenses be willing to provide updated/improved binaries of popular utilities to sites with binary-only licenses (and the same architecture / compatible U*x)?? Brent Byer (decvax!genrad!wjh12!bb) /* ---------- */ A very nice idea, Brent. There's just one problem. If you dig up a copy of your Binary license, you should find a clause that says you won't take AT&T licensed binaries from anybody but your vendor. My understanding is that this clause is required by AT&T. So, even if you know where the binary is, you can't (legally) get a copy if it's from AT&T. If it isn't from AT&T, it's probably either something that can't be given away, or in the public domain. In the latter case, you should be able to get the source. <mike