UNIX Futures (really SysV Rogue)

[Greg Noel]

In article <1140 at brl-smoke.ARPA> gwyn at BRL.ARPA (VLD/VMB) writes:
>The only point I will address is the one I agree with:
>	UNIX System V needs "rogue".

Ahem.  We have had rogue running on all of our System V machines for a
couple of years now.  In addition to running on some internal machines
that will never make it out the door, it runs on our Pyramid (in the
System V universe), several Towers, and an AT&T Unix PC.  We got it the
hard way; the VAX binary was reverse-engineered into C, ported to SysV,
and then moved to the other machines.  Mike Laman did the work; when he
found he was moving to a machine without Rogue, he put on the most
impressive stint of power coding I've ever seen so that he wouldn't be
deprived of his addiction.  As far as I know, such reverse engineering
is legal, but I don't know how copyright protection and/or trade secret
status affects it.  Certainly, he is entitled to the fruit of his own
labors, but whether he can sell it, or even give it away, is very murky.
However, it might be possible make arrangements to distribute binaries;
if somebody wants to discuss that, you should take it up directly with
him (laman at ncr-sd).
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-- Greg Noel, NCR Rancho Bernardo    Greg at ncr-sd.UUCP or Greg at nosc.ARPA