Public Domain version of: yes(1)

[Wolf N. Paul]

In article <2561 at bsu-cs.UUCP> dhesi at bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
 > ...  No doubt the Berkeley programmers had such uses in
 >mind when they thoughtfully decided to include yes(1) as part of the
 >standard 4.xBSd distribution, so that we would not have to depend on
 >unsupported, possibly unreliable public domain versions.
 >
 >We should not make fun of the fact that the source for yes(1) as
 >supplied with 4.xBSD is proprietary.  AT&T has spent many millions of
 >dollars developing UNIX, and Berkeley has used this source code to
 >create 4.xBSD.  ...

I am sure they spent millions of dollars developing the source code for
the System V Release 2 version of true(1). If that can be proprietary,
unpublished source code, then yes(1) most certainly qualifies. At least
yes(1) DOES CONTAIN CODE!

 >We should also not forget that the public domain version of yes(1) is a
 >clone of the original, and certainly look-and-feel issues apply.
 >Certainly I see nothing in the public domain version that distinguishes
 >its behavior from the original.  Come now folks, if you must copy
 >somebody else's concept, at least throw in a few original features!

As they would say at Apple(tm), "This is our way of doing things. If
others want to do the same thing, at least they can come up with their own
way of doing it! So we'll sue the author of public domain yes(1) to intimidate
Stallman and Gilmore etc. into ceasing and desisting from their work on GNU."

Apple is a Trade Mark of Apple Computer (WA Apple Growers Beware! What are you 
going to call your product when Apple Computer decides to sue you?)

Wolf Paul
wnp at chinet
convex!mcomp!dcs!wnp