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Subject: New Binaries for Old? - (nf)
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Date: Sun, 9-Sep-84 14:02:00 EDT
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/***** ea:net.bugs.uucp / wjh12!bb /  6:02 am  Sep  5, 1984 */
Would sites who are fortunate enough to have source licenses be willing
to provide updated/improved binaries of popular utilities to sites
with binary-only licenses (and the same architecture / compatible U*x)??

	Brent Byer  (decvax!genrad!wjh12!bb)
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A very nice idea, Brent. There's just one problem. If you dig up a copy of
your Binary license, you should find a clause that says you won't take AT&T
licensed binaries from anybody but your vendor. My understanding is that
this clause is required by AT&T.

So, even if you know where the binary is, you can't (legally) get a copy if
it's from AT&T. If it isn't from AT&T, it's probably either something that
can't be given away, or in the public domain. In the latter case, you
should be able to get the source.

	<mike