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From: tensmekl@infonode.ingr.com (Kermit Tensmeyer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals
Subject: Re: Source for Unix???
Message-ID: <1991Feb12.170655.6304@infonode.ingr.com>
Date: 12 Feb 91 17:06:55 GMT
References: <1991Feb9.202455.29275@unicorn.cc.wwu.edu> <5855@auspex.auspex.com> <1991Feb11.221134.10074@robobar.co.uk>
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In article <1991Feb11.221134.10074@robobar.co.uk> ronald@robobar.co.uk (Ronald S H Khoo) writes:
>guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) writes:
>
>> 2) perhaps some amount of time on the phone to AT&T's (or USL's?)
>>    licensing arm, 1) explaining what V6 is to them and 2) finding out if
>>    they still license it (which they may not).
>
>They don't.  And yes, they do know what V6 is.  I tried to get a local
>university library to get a copy of Lions, he referred us to AT&T who
>had bought it, and they said (paraphrased):
>
	There is a company called "Whitesmiths Ltd" that distributed a
	Unix V6 look a like with source. They also sold a C complier
	with source as well.



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