The PDP-11 and VAX versions of BSD have been freely available for years. As soon as V7 and 32V were declared open source, that meant that everybody had a valid Unix source license and were therefore eligible to download the BSDs. IIRC, Novell or Lucent or whoever owns the copyright these days also released whatever bits of V8-V10 could be dug up under a hobbyist license, but unlike V7 and earlier, it's not actually open source. I'd love to see System V similarly made available, but frankly BSD has more toys to play with anyway.
Mike On Wed, Mar 11, 2020, 8:06 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 3/11/20 6:26 PM, Katherine Barto wrote: > > > > > >> On Mar 11, 2020, at 3:18 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk > >> <cctalk@classiccmp.org <mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote: > >> > >> On 3/11/20 3:59 PM, James B DiGriz via cctalk wrote: > >>> On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 08:08:43 -0700 > >>> Al Kossow via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org > >>> <mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Release of Classic HP3000 died for the same reason from the same > >>>> company. > >>>> > >>> After HP bought TI's DSG lines, TI SysV was eventually turned over to a > >>> 3rd party, who has so far been unresponsive to my > >>> inquiries about possible hobbyist licensing, either binary or source. > >>> Evidently S1500's may still in use somewhere, unless I'm just the wrong > >>> person asking, or the maintainer simply no longer has the time, having > >>> moved on to newer platforms. In which case, why not a FOSS release? I > >>> understand it's his baby, but still... > >>> Oh, well, I guess there's always the Linux port I was working on off > and > >>> on. Hate to have to reinvent the DNIO stuff when I don't even have the > >>> binaries, but there you go. > >> > >> I assume SysV means Unix SysV. Unless there has been a change > >> I have not heard about nothing newer than V7 has been released > >> for use by the holders of the Unix IP. I have a copy of that > >> somewhere. > >> > >> bill > >> > >> > > > > Unix newer than V7 is available at https://www.tuhs.org > > > > Including System III, 32V, and BSD ports up to and including 4.4 > > The last time I wanted access to anything newer than V7 I had > to provide a copy of an original AT&T Unix license. I haven't > looked lately. > > bill > > >
