Future at Berzerkeley

[John Woods]

In article <601 at dtscp1.UUCP>, scott at dtscp1.UUCP (Scott Barman) writes:
> Speaking of licensing:
> 	When bsd and System V are merged, will the holders of 32V licenses
> still be able to get source to newer bsd versions?  Or will everyone wishing
> to get source have to go out and get a SV.4 licence?

SunOS and System V are merging.  I don't think that 4.4BSD is necessarily
going to have any input from this (though it might).

> 	Also, in the recent wave of AT&T f***ing up licensing procedures (it
> used to be soooo easy), are they planning any changes for SV.4?

>From my notes from the System V.4.0 Software Developer Conference from last
December, they are changing the licensing quite a bit, and are trying to be
more flexible (but I'd wait until their actual terms come out before I'd
really believe it).  I have a quote in my notes where the AT&T licensing
speaker stated (roughly) ``The Archer Group (now UNIX(R) International) asked
for advising rights on Terms&Conditions and Pricing, since they considered
SVR3 a "debacle"'' (debacle was the word used).

I'd say they definitely plan to be more sensitive.  They may still plan to
exterminate all of their competitors with ruthless and silly licensing
procedures, but they will be sensitive about it :-).

(CRDS does not, of course, consider me a spokesman of their views, and
any obnoxious tone observed is intended to amuse rather than insult.)
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