4.4 bsd will include OSI support

[der Mouse]

In article <16006 at brl-adm.ARPA>, mrose at twg.com (Marshall Rose) writes:
> Now, the article is sort of WRONG (but well-intentioned) when it says
> the networking code will be free.  [...about kernel...]  The stuff
> above the kernel will be donated to the ISO Development Environment,
> [which is] openly-available, but not public-domain.

> This means that 1) you pay a modest handling fee at one of the four
> world-wide distribution sites, usually around $300, 2) you never sign
> a license, but 3) you agree to hold everyone (particularly ME)
> harmless from anything bad that happens.

If you never sign a license, in what sense do you agree to anything?

And what's to stop me from getting one copy and distributing it for
free all over the place?

Since I'm sure the ISODE people aren't stupid, there must be answers to
the above - what are they?  I'm curious.

					der Mouse

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