On Thu, 15 Jan 2009, Dan Gahlinger wrote:
I wish you guys would pay attention,
I never said it was os/2 for PDP.
I just said that the files are os/2 and its a TK50
And we wish that you would not say "RE: offer - OS/2 for the PDP-11"
if it is your intent that you "never said it was os/2 for PDP".
But, disunirregardless of that, intellectual property does not
automagically become public domain, no matter how thoroughly it was
"abandoned".
Legally, In USA and Canada, it would not even count as a "good faith
effort" to find the owner unless you also contacted all surviving
relatives.