[Info-vax] [Attn: HP Employees] PDP-11 OS hobbyist licensing

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2013-09-30 23:48, BillPedersen wrote:
> On Monday, September 30, 2013 5:05:24 PM UTC-4, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2013-09-30, johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk <johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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>>> Additionally, I have a vague recollection, one that I cannot currently
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>>> confirm, that the PDP11 OS rights were subsequently sold on again to a company
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>>> whose name I cannot remember (not a name widely mentioned round here). Possibly
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>>> even a one-man company if I remember rightly. But at least one contributor here
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>>> probably knows who I'm talking about. I wish I did :)
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>> Rich mentioned the company (X{something or other}) and that part of his
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>> statement I agree with. The company was apparently named after a certain
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>> key... :-)
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>> Simon.
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>> --
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>> Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
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> XX2247, LLC is apparently owned by Davide Carroll out of Colorado.  I do not think the XX2247.org web site has anything to do with him or the company.
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> His LinkedIn.com profile is:
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>         http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-carroll/13/791/a07
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> Maybe a query to him makes the most sense to be able to get some sanity to the conversation.  Even if DEC/Compaq/HP retained some IP control he should then know about it or could verify they no longer have any involvement/interest.

Feel free to try.
I can confirm that HP still have a controlling interest in the software. 
However, I'm not sure even HP knows this itself. But the papers exist, 
and thus the PDP-11 software cannot just be released without the 
possibility of legal problems.
And yes, it is owned by XX2247 now.

(I have spoken with Dave about this in the past.)

	Johnny