Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!decwrl!bacchus.pa.dec.com!deccrl!treese From: treese@crl.dec.com (Win Treese) Newsgroups: comp.os.mach Subject: Re: Deafening Silence (Was: Re: when will mach be free software ?) Message-ID: Date: 15 Aug 90 00:18:02 GMT References: <1990Jul11.221642.1768@scuzzy.uucp> <1990Jul13.180640.29423@utopia.uucp> <846@lupine.NCD.COM> Sender: news@crl.dec.com (USENET News System) Distribution: comp Organization: DEC Cambridge Research Lab Lines: 15 In-Reply-To: rfg@NCD.COM's message of 16 Jul 90 22:25:15 GMT In article <846@lupine.NCD.COM> rfg@NCD.COM (Ron Guilmette) writes: > Why is it that the Mach developers often seem to find time to comment here > upon various Mach-related technical questions, but they never seem to take > the time to answer questions regarding the legal status of "Mach: The Product". It's not a matter of "time to answer questions". It's a matter of having something to say. The technical questions can be answered. Legal issues are usually much harder to deal with, and often one can't say much more than "we're working on it." While I'd like to see an unencumbered Mach distribution, I sympathize with those trying to sort out the issues. Win Treese Cambridge Research Lab treese@crl.dec.com Digital Equipment Corp.