HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

[Michael Kerpan]

IIRC, System III is not really "legal", as it was never re-licensed with a
BSD style license the way earlier editions were. Of course, the important
thing was the open source release of V7 and 32V, as that allowed the
various BSDs to be made freely available. 4.3BSD has much more in the way
of goodies than System III (or even System V) in any event.

Mike

On Wed, Mar 11, 2020, 6:26 PM Katherine Barto via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

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> > On Mar 11, 2020, at 3:18 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <
> cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> >
> > On 3/11/20 3:59 PM, James B DiGriz via cctalk wrote:
> >> On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 08:08:43 -0700
> >> Al Kossow via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Release of Classic HP3000 died for the same reason from the same
> >>> company.
> >>>
> >> After HP bought TI's DSG lines, TI SysV was eventually turned over to a
> >> 3rd party, who has so far been unresponsive to my
> >> inquiries about possible hobbyist licensing, either binary or source.
> >> Evidently S1500's may still in use somewhere, unless I'm just the wrong
> >> person asking, or the maintainer simply no longer has the time, having
> >> moved on to newer platforms. In which case, why not a FOSS release? I
> >> understand it's his baby, but still...
> >> Oh, well, I guess there's always the Linux port I was working on off and
> >> on. Hate to have to reinvent the DNIO stuff when I don't even have the
> >> binaries, but there you go.
> >
> > I assume SysV means Unix SysV.  Unless there has been a change
> > I have not heard about nothing newer than V7 has been released
> > for use by the holders of the Unix IP.  I have a copy of that
> > somewhere.
> >
> > bill
> >
> >
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> Unix newer than V7 is available at https://www.tuhs.org <
> https://www.tuhs.org/>
>
> Including System III, 32V, and BSD ports up to and including 4.4
>
>         David
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