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From: Warren Toomey <wkt@cs.adfa.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: Sun release source code for Solaris 8
In-Reply-To: <m3aels1g6u.fsf@shelbyville.oai.com> from Mirian Crzig Lennox at "Jan 26, 2000  8: 0:57 pm"
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In article by Mirian Crzig Lennox:
> Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> writes:
> > 
> > The conditions look rather like the SCO ancient UNIX licences, but
> > it's *cheaper* ($75, which includes deliverables from Sun).  Warren,
> > is this ammunition to lobby SCO to drop the prices of Ancient UNIX
> > licenses?
> 
> After looking at the site, it seems as though Sun is trying to prevent
> licence holders from sharing code with other licence holders.  If this
> is true, it would certainly make the Solaris licence less desirable to
> hobbyists than the ancient UNIX licence, unfortunately.
> --Mirian

Currently out of town. Still, it might be worth asking SCO for a discount!
Does the license cover all of Solaris, or just the kernel??

Cheers,
	Warren

