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Old 07-20-2012
Question Licenses of SunOS 4.1.4 and System V R4
Does anyone know about the license of System V Release 4 & SunOS 4.1.4 source codes?

I have found them online in some archives but I am not sure if I am 'supposed' to download them (not sure if it is legal)

Can anyone tell me?

EDIT: A little bit wrong category. Please move it.
Last edited by anapplegeek; 07-20-2012 at 06:20 PM..
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Old 07-20-2012
Hi anapplegeek,

These source code sets are almost certainly subject to some license restrictions, SunOS 4.1.4 is property of Oracle Corp. The SVR4 code will also belong to someone, there were several vendors that produced variants of SVR4, I have used it on DG, Pyramid and Siemens Nixdorf equipment.

I don't think that there would be a problem downloading the source, I also suspect that were you to search the code and find the vendor - there wouldn't be a problem getting permission to use it.

But in a case like this I'd say it's probably better safe than sorry - ask the vendor. The worst thing that they can do is say no!

Regards

Dave
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