This is fantastic news! On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 9:24 AM Sergey Zhilkin <szhil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Great!!! > > вт, 23 мар. 2021 г. в 16:07, <a...@9srv.net>: > >> We are thrilled to announce that Nokia has transferred the copyright of >> Plan 9 to the Plan 9 Foundation. This transfer applies to all of the >> Plan 9 from Bell Labs code, from the earliest days through their final >> release. >> >> The most exciting immediate effect of this is that the Plan 9 Foundation >> is making the historical 1st through 4th editions of Plan 9 available >> under the terms of the MIT license. These are the releases as they >> existed at the time, with minimal changes to reflect the above. >> >> 1st and 2nd edition were never released as open source software, and >> both (but especially 1st edition) were only available to a very small >> number of people. 3rd and 4th were previously available as open source, >> but under a license which was problematic for some people (especially >> the 3rd edition). We think making these available under the MIT license >> is something that's going to be a significant benefit for all projects >> using Plan 9 code. While this doesn't automatically change the license >> on any downstream projects, and you're welcome to keep using the LPL if >> you like, you now have the option of switching to MIT, which we think >> most everyone will find preferable. >> >> Obviously, for folks in the Plan 9 community, there isn't a way to say >> "thank you" to Bell Labs, and its various parent organizations, that's >> really adequate. None of us would be talking about any of this if it >> weren't for the work done there for decades. All of us here at the Plan >> 9 Foundation express our sincerest thanks to the team at Nokia who made >> this possible, the Plan 9 alumni who supported the effort, and the Plan >> 9 community who have kept kernels booting and the userland useful. >> >> The historical releases are available right now at: >> https://p9f.org/dl/ >> >> You can read Nokia's press release on the transfer here: >> >> https://www.bell-labs.com/institute/blog/plan-9-bell-labs-cyberspace/ >> >> Thank you for your time, >> Anthony Sorace >> Plan 9 Foundation > > > -- > С наилучшими пожеланиями > Жилкин Сергей > With best regards > Zhilkin Sergey > *9fans <https://9fans.topicbox.com/latest>* / 9fans / see discussions > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans> + participants > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/members> + delivery options > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription> Permalink > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Tf20bce89ef96d4b6-M8b2ab7149d8e7d551db487a3> > ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Tf20bce89ef96d4b6-M58c0f4e6de4718d27c7ebb73 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
