UNIX Contracts (Was: Packet size & number of windows in UUCP)
Carl S. Gutekunst
csg at pyramid.pyramid.com
Fri Feb 26 03:54:59 AEST 1988
In article <15322 at pyramid.pyramid.com> I said:
>>> And any site that has a source license can compile it for a neighboring
>>> site that has only a binary license, and give them the binary.
And Ron and Phil replied:
>>I think that this should be checked before being acted upon....
>I have asked AT&T about this also and Ron is correct.... _you_ must license a
>machine before _you_ put any AT&T Unix code on it, whether source or binary,
>it must be licensed appropriately.
I've read UNIX contracts, and I should know better. You are both correct. No
one may supply licensed UNIX software to another site without the appropriate
redistribution license *and* relicensing of the destination machine.
My apologies for the error.
<csg>
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