Source for Unix???

Jeff Wandling n8743196 at unicorn.cc.wwu.edu
Sun Feb 10 07:24:55 AEST 1991


bzs at world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes:


>>UNIX was never "freely" distributed; licensing was always required.
>>The fee was fairly low in the "good old days", but never free.

>V6, $60, full source, 9-track magtape.

>Included the tape and a printed copy of the manual. Heck, I can't get
>free software that cheap anymore. Heck heck, yer lucky if you can buy
>a book about some free software package for that much these days...
>-- 
>        -Barry Shein

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What would it take to get a copy of the source as just described?


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jeff wandling | western washington university | inet: jeff at arthur.cs.wwu.edu
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