Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!daver!bungi.com!news From: dlr@daver.bungi.com (Dave Rand) Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k Subject: Re: Re: requested clarification of minix issues Message-ID: Date: 9 Jun 90 23:20:26 GMT Sender: news@daver.bungi.com Lines: 20 Approved: news@daver.bungi.com [In the message entitled "Re: Re: requested clarification of minix issues" on Jun 9, 11:53, Mark Geisert writes:] > To verify ownership of a legal copy of Minix, how about.. The only way to "prove" ownership is to mail the _original_ disk, with the P/H copyright notice on it. This is the only proof that is acceptable, to me at least. No photocopies, "challanges", or anything else will suffice. Bruce, George and I went over this issue a few months ago. Same goes for tapes - send the original tape. As a reminder: Andrew S. Tanenbaum wrote MINIX. He does not, however, hold the copyright. Prentice-Hall holds the copyright. Even if AST tells us that we can mass-duplicate it, and give it away - we still must confirm this with Prentice-Hall's lawyers. We all know what they will say. I will be happy to handle this, if no one else wants to. -- Dave Rand {pyramid|mips|sun|vsi1}!daver!dlr Internet: dlr@daver.bungi.com