[Info-vax] What is a "real" Unix ?

[Scott Dorsey]

Simon Clubley  <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
>On 2023-09-04, Scott Dorsey <kludge at panix.com> wrote:
>> Simon Clubley  <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
>>>
>>>In that case, what is a "real" Unix ?
>>
>> Strictly speaking, it's anything licensed under the AT&T Unix source code
>> license.
>
>That's a seriously elitist point of view IMHO. It's saying that no
>matter how good your modern Unix implementation is, then unless you
>started that implementation by using some really ancient code, then
>your implementation is not really a Unix, and can never be one.

You'll have to talk to the United States Patent and Trademark office about
that.  While you're at it, you might complain about "Xerox" too.

If you want to start making cars and call them "Fords" I don't think that
Ford Motor Company will let you get away with it, and I don't think Lucent
will let you get away with selling a product as "Unix" either.
--scott

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