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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!panix!news.panix.com!not-for-mail From: tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sco.misc,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: which Unix to choose? Date: 14 Nov 1996 23:57:31 -0500 Organization: Panix Lines: 24 Message-ID: <56gt7r$n83@panix2.panix.com> References: <327F5727.179F@citynet.net> <el2hgmsjw1t.fsf@zygorthian-space-raiders.MIT.EDU> <56gk1e$873@panix2.panix.com> <56gkv2$iu5@news.webspan.net> Reply-To: tls@rek.tjls.com NNTP-Posting-Host: panix2.panix.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.sco.misc:29301 comp.unix.misc:26427 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:31038 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4858 comp.unix.questions:91274 In article <56gkv2$iu5@news.webspan.net>, Gary Palmer <gpalmer@webspan.net> wrote: >In article <56gk1e$873@panix2.panix.com>, > tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon) writes: >> Also note that you'll need a set of SCO shared libraries from >> somewhere; this objection applies to all free "SCO compatible" >> systems of which I am aware. You probably *cannot* legally use >> those libraries without buying a copy of SCO UNIX, so if you don't >> want to steal software you lose. > >Depends. SCO now have a `free for non-commercial use' type offering which >you could get the shlibs from if the license is agreeable. Also, some >companies sell statically compiled versions, so no extra shlibs are needed. Yes, *if the license is agreeable*. I'd be very surprised if it were. In fact, it looks to me like per my SCO license I can't even do that with a copy of SCO that I've bought. If you don't want to steal software, check _first_. This goes for anyone's SCO emulation except BSDI's or Sun's. -- Thor Lancelot Simon tls@panix.COM There's nothing like rancid bear fat to keep you happy. -Perry Metzger