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From: phil@amdcad.AMD.COM (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: Re: NS32000 computer kit wishlist
Message-ID: <20411@amdcad.AMD.COM>
Date: 16 Feb 88 20:02:45 GMT
References: <3703@bcsaic.UUCP> <4953@nsc.nsc.com> <193@jim.odr.oz>
Reply-To: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai)
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices
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In article <193@jim.odr.oz> jon@jim.odr.oz (Jon Wells) writes:
>Great but then what!!!
>
>My pocket money doesn't stretch to the $US50k for a Unix source Lic.
>and I don't really have enough spare(?) time to port it even if I did know
>where to start.

I don't have any ideas with regard to the lack of time, but if it's
merely Unix source license restrictions preventing you from working on
a processor you wanted to use, it might be possible to do something. 

The vendor of the chip could let you use one of their systems which
was licensed. And that system could be in your house or wherever you
want. Of course, that system would be the property of the vendor, and
so would the work you did (this is because of AT&T licensing
restrictions). But if what you did was valuable enough, you'd get
compensation for it. Such as leaving the system "on loan" in your
house for a long time. Or whatever. 

Is this interesting?

-- 
I speak for myself, not the company.

Phil Ngai, {ucbvax,decwrl,allegra}!amdcad!phil or phil@amd.com