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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!newsfeed.ksu.ksu.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!xlink.net!zib-berlin.de!news.belwue.de!delos.stgt.sub.org!luva!migieger From: migieger@luva.stgt.sub.org (Michael Giegerich) Subject: Re: FreeBSD1.1.5??? References: <2u4p1r$1jn@keltia.frmug.fr.net> <2t7m50$22b@keltia.frmug <2u79na$c55@news.ysu.edu> <2u7pbh$6hh@pdq.coe.montana.edu> Organization: private FreeBSD site Date: Thu, 23 Jun 1994 12:33:42 GMT Message-ID: <Cruo8K.1o5@luva.stgt.sub.org> Lines: 33 In article <2u7pbh$6hh@pdq.coe.montana.edu>, Nate Williams <nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu> wrote: >In article <2u79na$c55@news.ysu.edu>, >Christopher L. Mikkelson <ap713@yfn.ysu.edu> wrote: >> >>In a previous article, roberto@keltia.frmug.fr.net (Ollivier Robert) says: >> >>>1.1.5 alpha is being built just now so expect 1.1.5 to hit the streets at >>>the end of the month [roughly]. Wait for official announcements... >> >>Are there going to be any legal problems with 1.1.5? I had heard that >>nobody was going to release it on CD-ROM. > >This is true because we (FreeBSD and WC) made a special arrangement >with USL to NOT distribute Net/2 derived code after July 1. Other >groups need to make their own arrangements since this agreement >only pertains to the above parties. (Some of them have been asked >to cease and desist long ago) I don't understand. If 1.1.5 will be finished before July 1, is there a difference if it is distributed via cdrom, tape, diskettes or lets say ftp? You aren't saying that 1.1.5 won't be ftp'able (at WC) after July 1? And if its ftp'able where's the difference to give it away on cdrom? Confused, -Michael -- ------------------------------+------------------------------ Michael Giegerich | migieger@luva.stgt.sub.org ------------------------------+------------------------------