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From: arg@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de (Armin Gruner)
Subject: Re: 4.4BSD
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References: <HLAGOS.93Oct27134117@poincare.puc.cl> <CFL2u4.Hsw@flatlin.ka.sub.org>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1993 18:22:37 GMT
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bad@flatlin.ka.sub.org (Christoph Badura) writes:

>In <HLAGOS.93Oct27134117@poincare.puc.cl> hlagos@poincare.puc.cl (Hector Lagos) writes:
>>  I hope this is not a FAQ, but ... is 4.4BSD available to
>>universities/research groups without an USL licence ???. Neither I nor
>>my university have the (enormous) money that such licence would mean.

>Last I heard educational licences for SVR4 where about $2000.

>>What is the status of the USL / Berkeley legal "affair" ???.

>I whish I kew.

The lawsuit is still not closed. For an overview of what's going on,
there are OCR documents online (e.g. on ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de:
/pub/comp/os/bsd/BSDI/bsdi-info/usl/). I think the recent was that
the University has brought up a lawsuit against USL now, too, because
of missing credits and copyrights in the networt code of the SVR4 release.

Here is an excerpt of the announcement of 4.4BSD
(if you want the full article, please contact me via email):


Subject: 4.4BSD Release

                                                June 1, 1993

Dear Colleague:


     We are happy to send you  information  about  our  June
1993  release  of  4.4BSD.   This  distribution is the final
release that will be done by the Computer  Systems  Research
Group  (CSRG).  For details on the demise of CSRG, see ``The
End of BSD from Berkeley'' below.

[...]

     We  had  planned  on  releasing  two  versions  of  the
software,  4.4BSD-Encumbered and 4.4BSD-Lite.  Currently, we
are releasing only 4.4BSD-Encumbered.  The 4.4BSD-Encumbered
distribution is available only to  sites with UNIX/32V, Sys-
tem III, or System V source licenses with Western  Electric,
American  Telephone  and  Telegraph  (AT&T), or UNIX Systems
Laboratories (USL).  The 4.4BSD-Encumbered distribution is a
complete distribution in the style of  4.3BSD  and  contains
the complete source for the Berkeley Distribution.

     The 4.4BSD-Lite distribution was to have been a distri-
bution  that was copyrighted by the University of California
and others, but could be freely redistributed.   It  was  to
have  been  available  to  anyone  and  require  no previous
license, either  from  USL/Novell  or  The  Regents  of  the
University of California.  Its license agreement and content
would have been similar to that of the  two  BSD  Networking
Releases.   However,  USL  has brought a lawsuit against the
University and the University  has  voluntarily  decided  to
withhold  the  distribution of 4.4BSD-Lite until the lawsuit
is resolved.

[...]

What is 4.4BSD?

     This software distribution is provided on  one  6250bpi
1/2''  9-track  tape  or one 8mm Exabyte cassette only.  The
4.4BSD-Encumbered distribution contains complete  source  as
well  as  binaries  for one of the following three architec-
tures:

  +  HP 9000/300 68000-based workstations.

  +  DECstation 3100 and 5000 MIPS-based workstations.

  +  Sparcstation I & II SPARC-based  workstations.   Please
     note  that the SPARC kernel will not run on the Sparcs-
     tation 10.

[...]

     The distribution  supports  a  somewhat  wider  set  of
machines  than  those for which we have built binaries.  The
architectures that are supported in source form include:

  +   HP 9000/300 68000-based workstations

  +    Intel 386/486-based machines (ISA/AT or EISA bus only)

  +    Sony News MIPS-based workstations

  +    Omron Luna 68000-based workstations

  +    DECstation 3100 and 5000 MIPS-based workstations

  +    Sparcstation I & II SPARC-based workstations

[...]

How to obtain 4.4BSD-Encumbered

     To obtain 4.4BSD-Encumbered we require execution of the
Berkeley  License  Agreement  (6/92).   In addition, foreign
licensees must  execute  Addendum  Number  One  for  Foreign
Licensees   in   ordering  4.4BSD-Encumbered.   The  fee  is
$2500.00 for 4.4BSD-Encumbered.

     Because we are a research and development  organization
and  not  a  commercial  organization,  we make our research
results available for a small license  fee.   We  distribute
only  the  whole system ``As Is'' and cannot send individual
pieces of the system.  We are required by the University  of
California  to  have  a formal license arrangement with each
organization  to  which  we  distribute.  In  addition,  for
4.4BSD-Encumbered,  we  are required to secure a copy of the
USL (or AT&T or Western Electric)  Software  Agreement  with
your  organization  and  confirm  it  with  USL  before  the
software can be shipped.

[...]

A Special Note

     The procedures and rules set out in this  document  are
University and USL constraints that must be followed for the
distribution of software to be possible.  The Computer  Sys-
tems  Research  Group  has no control over these constraints
and must reject your application if  material  submitted  is
not  in  order.   If  you have questions about the licensing
process after reading this  letter,  you  may  call  Pauline
Schwartz at (510) 642-7780, write to her, or contact her via
electronic mail at pauline@cs.berkeley.edu.


                         Sincerely yours,

                         Marshall Kirk McKusick
                         Research Computer Scientist
                         Computer Systems Research Group


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