Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!cit-vax!news From: news@cit-vax.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Future of Minix Message-ID: <1619@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Date: Tue, 27-Jan-87 14:34:31 EST Article-I.D.: cit-vax.1619 Posted: Tue Jan 27 14:34:31 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 28-Jan-87 22:25:14 EST References: <521@csun.UUCP> <10184@tektronix.TEK.COM> Reply-To: tim@tomcat.UUCP (Tim Kay) Distribution: world Organization: California Institute of Technology Lines: 18 Summary: future releases available to owners? Organization : California Institute of Technology Keywords: future of a useable piece of software From: tim@tomcat.Caltech.Edu (Tim Kay) Path: tomcat!tim tonyb@peewee.uss.tek.com (Tony Birnseth) writes: >I propose that (before everyones fingers get too busy) there be a means set >up to archive, test, and implement future versions of Minix. Results should >be publicly available so that no one is excluded. If a request for MINIX is copyrighted. The "results" cannot be made publicly available. Does anybody know if it would be OK for somebody to distribute a complete, modified MINIX, assuming that each person it was sent to showed a receipt for an original MINIX code purchase? In any case, everybody should SAVE YOUR RECEIPT. Timothy L. Kay (tim@csvax.caltech.edu)