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From: arg@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de (Armin Gruner)
Subject: Re: 4.4BSD
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References: <HLAGOS.93Oct27134117@poincare.puc.cl> <CFL2u4.Hsw@flatlin.ka.sub.org>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1993 18:22:37 GMT
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bad@flatlin.ka.sub.org (Christoph Badura) writes:
>In <HLAGOS.93Oct27134117@poincare.puc.cl> hlagos@poincare.puc.cl (Hector Lagos) writes:
>> I hope this is not a FAQ, but ... is 4.4BSD available to
>>universities/research groups without an USL licence ???. Neither I nor
>>my university have the (enormous) money that such licence would mean.
>Last I heard educational licences for SVR4 where about $2000.
>>What is the status of the USL / Berkeley legal "affair" ???.
>I whish I kew.
The lawsuit is still not closed. For an overview of what's going on,
there are OCR documents online (e.g. on ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de:
/pub/comp/os/bsd/BSDI/bsdi-info/usl/). I think the recent was that
the University has brought up a lawsuit against USL now, too, because
of missing credits and copyrights in the networt code of the SVR4 release.
Here is an excerpt of the announcement of 4.4BSD
(if you want the full article, please contact me via email):
Subject: 4.4BSD Release
June 1, 1993
Dear Colleague:
We are happy to send you information about our June
1993 release of 4.4BSD. This distribution is the final
release that will be done by the Computer Systems Research
Group (CSRG). For details on the demise of CSRG, see ``The
End of BSD from Berkeley'' below.
[...]
We had planned on releasing two versions of the
software, 4.4BSD-Encumbered and 4.4BSD-Lite. Currently, we
are releasing only 4.4BSD-Encumbered. The 4.4BSD-Encumbered
distribution is available only to sites with UNIX/32V, Sys-
tem III, or System V source licenses with Western Electric,
American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T), or UNIX Systems
Laboratories (USL). The 4.4BSD-Encumbered distribution is a
complete distribution in the style of 4.3BSD and contains
the complete source for the Berkeley Distribution.
The 4.4BSD-Lite distribution was to have been a distri-
bution that was copyrighted by the University of California
and others, but could be freely redistributed. It was to
have been available to anyone and require no previous
license, either from USL/Novell or The Regents of the
University of California. Its license agreement and content
would have been similar to that of the two BSD Networking
Releases. However, USL has brought a lawsuit against the
University and the University has voluntarily decided to
withhold the distribution of 4.4BSD-Lite until the lawsuit
is resolved.
[...]
What is 4.4BSD?
This software distribution is provided on one 6250bpi
1/2'' 9-track tape or one 8mm Exabyte cassette only. The
4.4BSD-Encumbered distribution contains complete source as
well as binaries for one of the following three architec-
tures:
+ HP 9000/300 68000-based workstations.
+ DECstation 3100 and 5000 MIPS-based workstations.
+ Sparcstation I & II SPARC-based workstations. Please
note that the SPARC kernel will not run on the Sparcs-
tation 10.
[...]
The distribution supports a somewhat wider set of
machines than those for which we have built binaries. The
architectures that are supported in source form include:
+ HP 9000/300 68000-based workstations
+ Intel 386/486-based machines (ISA/AT or EISA bus only)
+ Sony News MIPS-based workstations
+ Omron Luna 68000-based workstations
+ DECstation 3100 and 5000 MIPS-based workstations
+ Sparcstation I & II SPARC-based workstations
[...]
How to obtain 4.4BSD-Encumbered
To obtain 4.4BSD-Encumbered we require execution of the
Berkeley License Agreement (6/92). In addition, foreign
licensees must execute Addendum Number One for Foreign
Licensees in ordering 4.4BSD-Encumbered. The fee is
$2500.00 for 4.4BSD-Encumbered.
Because we are a research and development organization
and not a commercial organization, we make our research
results available for a small license fee. We distribute
only the whole system ``As Is'' and cannot send individual
pieces of the system. We are required by the University of
California to have a formal license arrangement with each
organization to which we distribute. In addition, for
4.4BSD-Encumbered, we are required to secure a copy of the
USL (or AT&T or Western Electric) Software Agreement with
your organization and confirm it with USL before the
software can be shipped.
[...]
A Special Note
The procedures and rules set out in this document are
University and USL constraints that must be followed for the
distribution of software to be possible. The Computer Sys-
tems Research Group has no control over these constraints
and must reject your application if material submitted is
not in order. If you have questions about the licensing
process after reading this letter, you may call Pauline
Schwartz at (510) 642-7780, write to her, or contact her via
electronic mail at pauline@cs.berkeley.edu.
Sincerely yours,
Marshall Kirk McKusick
Research Computer Scientist
Computer Systems Research Group
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