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From: wnp@iiasa.ac.at (Wolf PAUL )
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Where can I get the best price on Minix?
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Date: 14 Mar 91 10:13:18 GMT
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In article <47293@nigel.ee.udel.edu> v902155@si.hhs.nl (Rein Velt) writes:
>You(or your friend) can try MINIX version 1.2. It's still public domain. 
>It is not as good as version 1.5, but it works. Available:(?) public domain
>software companies.

That is not quite an accurate statement. No MINIX version ever was
"Public Domain" ; early versions had a provision for LIMITED COPYING,
i.e. in the context of a class project, or for a couple of friends. I
am not sure with which version this provision was removed.

Any version of MINIX being copied and sold through the usual
P.D/Shareware channels would definitely be a violation of Copyright,
and I have never seen MINIX advertised by such vendors.

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