Subject: Re: [suse-axp] Re: Bringing Tru64 UNIX software technology to Linux
Jaap.Hogenberg@nl.abnamro.com
Date: Mon Aug 28 2000 - 02:10:24 PDT
Oleg,
This is not suse-axp-kernel or suse-axp-developers@ mailing lists either.
I cannot imagine why we cannot bring up issues like this on this list.
I , for one , choose Linux as an OS on my alpha's because I do not want to BUY
any
Microsoft products because of poor value for mony.
OSF / DU / Tru64 was always a bit to expensive for me.
I do mind using illegal licences. (Yes some people DO care)
As far as I am concerned it is a good thing for Compaq to
"open up" and share knowledge, make hobbists licenses available for
nice prices , etc.
IMHO , we should all encourage Compaq to do so even more !
Just my $0.02
Jaap.
>> But not legally! Before Compaq released their Netscape port for Linux, you
>> could copy all the necessary files from a running Tru64 system, but since
>> you also had to copy some libraries specific to Tru64, you actually broke
>> the terms of the Tru64 license by doing so.
>
>Lennart,
>
> FYI i bought my first alpha in 1995 _WITH_ DEC OSF/1 V3.2.
> While installing Linux on it was a big fun at that time,
> DEC unix was used as a primary OS.
> This is not suse-axp-legal@ mailing list, so let's better talk
> about technical aspects.
>
> Oleg.
>
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