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From: waltje@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org (Fred 'The Rebel' van Kempen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Advanced MINIX (and a fix for strip.c)
Message-ID: <9105201078@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org>
Date: 20 May 91 14:32:33 GMT
References: <10157@plains.NoDak.edu>
Organization: MicroWalt Corporation, for MINIX Software Development
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overby@plains.NoDak.edu (Glen Overby) wrote:
> In article <4379@stl.stc.co.uk> agm@daphne.stl.stc.co.uk (Andrew G. Minter) writes:
>>Can anyone tell me how I can get hold of NLMUG Advanced MINIX over the
>>net (or even what it is)?
> 
> `Advanced MINIX' is Fred van Kempen's digested collection of "everything"
> that has been distributed to the Net.  In a recent (electronic)
Correct.

> conversation, Fred agreed with my assertion that you can get most of what is
> in AM by sucking dry to your nearby archive bit-bucket and compiling up
> everything (it just wouldn't be "packaged").
I did not exactly say "most of it", but a fair deal of it is available
from the numerous archives.

> Thus, the difference between AM and, say, my Plains archive is that AM has
> Fred's name on your (and Andy's) bits, while on Plains your name is still on
> the sources.
Nope.  I am (or, better: _was_) the _maintainer_ of NLMUG Advanced MINIX.
I never claimed to be its author.  I always kept the correct (c) and Author:
statements in the entire package.

> Fred has frequently promised to make his collection available to the net,
> the first being about a year ago when he asked me to carry it on Plains.  I
> have yet to see the bits.  Maybe Fred could just call it "Advanced
A matter of flakey network access at 2400bps.  I am not about to upload
20Mbytes of stuff (12Mbyte Archive, 8Mbyte Advanced MINIX) via this
link.  The archive is now starting to be stable enough to redistribute its
contents.  I just sent it over to Germany (SubNetz) and England (MUGNET-UK).
France, Italy, Denmark and the US will follow.

> Vaporware", thus avoiding trademark problems with using the name "MINIX" and
> copyright problems with distributing Minix's sources.  It's also a LOT
> easier to distribute vaporware :-)

NLMUG Advanced MINIX exists, is (was?) available and will probably be
dead soon because of copyright blues. No further comments.

Fred.
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