[Info-vax] [Attn: HP Employees] PDP-11 OS hobbyist licensing
Bill Gunshannon
bill at server3.cs.scranton.edu
Tue Oct 8 08:02:41 EDT 2013
In article <l2vctr$3sr$1 at online.de>,
helbig at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---undress to reply) writes:
> In article <525306d6$0$19024$c3e8da3$cc4fe22d at news.astraweb.com>, JF
> Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
>
>> So here is an example of a mega corporation donating source code of
>> ancient systems to a museum. HP should do the same, especially since the
>> DEC stuff isn't even its own stuff.
>
> Sure, HP could do it, but no-one has any possibility to force them to do
> it.
>
Not to mention that comparing an ancient useless draw program to an OS
that is still in use around the world is a bit of a stretch.
bill
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