Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!decwrl!bacchus.pa.dec.com!granite.pa.dec.com!mwm From: mwm@raven.pa.dec.com (Mike (Real Amigas have keyboard garages) Meyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: What about Unix? Message-ID: Date: 18 Jul 90 15:44:52 GMT References: <27021@athertn.Atherton.COM> <7612@gollum.twg.com> Sender: news@wrl.dec.com (News) Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica Lines: 25 In-Reply-To: david@starsoft.UUCP's message of 17 Jul 90 10:47:36 GMT In article david@starsoft.UUCP (Dave Lowrey) writes: >In article <7612@gollum.twg.com> david@twg.com (David S. Herron) writes: >In article <27021@athertn.Atherton.COM> paul@athertn.Atherton.COM (Paul Sander) writes: >>- Source licensed from AT&T port of System V Release 4 (that is, Commodore >> has a source license and is doing right, but customers get binaries only) > >Yes, just like any Unix vendor the only thing they sell is the binaries. Not true. We (Amdahl Corp) offer source to our Unix (UTS). However, you must purchase a Unix System V source license from AT&T. The same is true for every Unix vendor I've ever dealt with. They normally sell binaries, but you can buy the source if you want it. However, you've got to have all the appropriate licenses for that source, which usually means a System V source license. If I recall correctly, UniCOS comes with the source, no binary-only allowed, but that was very early in the life of UniCOS.