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From: bostic@toe.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Keith Bostic)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Why is ching(6) not present in 4.4BSD and its offspring?
Date: 27 Oct 1994 22:27:49 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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In article <38p18e$6ho@linda.teleport.com>,
Max Bell <mbell@teleport.com> wrote:
>In article <38oegb$mtc@agate.berkeley.edu>,
>Keith Bostic <bostic@toe.CS.Berkeley.EDU> wrote:
>}Ching(6) is a computer game/simulation of casting against the
>}I Ching or Book of Changes.  Parts of the code were proprietary
>}to AT&T/USL/Novell, and were never replaced with a freely
>}redistributable implementation, and therefore could not be
>}included on 4.4BSD-Lite.
>
>I wasn't clear enough in my original question about ching(6)'s status.  I
>suspected it contained A/U/N code, but I want to know if the text file it used
>is also claimed by A/U/N.

The text file has roff style macros interspersed in
the text, so my guess is that such a claim would valid.

I've been looking for an online copy of the I Ching
text for awhile, to free the program up, but never
saw one.

--keith