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From: wjb@goanna.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: another dumb posting about licensing...
Message-ID: <751@goanna.oz>
Date: Sun, 29-Mar-87 20:08:21 EST
Article-I.D.: goanna.751
Posted: Sun Mar 29 20:08:21 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 31-Mar-87 06:07:54 EST
References: <483@gouldsd.UUCP> <804@aw.sei.cmu.edu.sei.cmu.edu>
Organization: Comp Sci, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
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Keywords: uucp AT&T etc, etc, etc....
Summary: Lyons book distributed to students

In article <804@aw.sei.cmu.edu.sei.cmu.edu>, pdb@sei.cmu.edu (Patrick Barron) writes:
> In article <483@gouldsd.UUCP> mjranum@gouldsd.UUCP (Marcus J Ranum) writes:
> >
> >	Ok, a lot of people who were flaming me about uucp pointed out
> >that all the UNIX source is licensed as a trade secret. This is
> >obviously a crock of shit, since Lyons published the version 6 
> >kernel as a textbook. So much for a trade secret. So much for 'cat'
> 
> I dunno - I seem to recall that you couldn't even *get* the Lyons book
> unless you had a source license for Sixth Edition or later.
> 
> --Pat.

The Lyons book has big notices in the front saying that it is only
to be used by students enrolled in a particular course in
computer science at the University of Sydney.  There is also
this notice:

	This document may contain information covered by
	one or more licences, copyrights and non-dislosure
	agreements.  Circulation of this document is restricted
	to holders of a licence for the UNIX Software System
	from Western Electric.  All other circulation or reproduction
	is prohibited.

Warwick Bolam