Are any parts of UNIX in public domain?
lars
lars at myab.UUCP
Tue Apr 22 14:08:54 AEST 1986
>
>In the context of this whole discussion about previous lack of copyright
>notices, it is interesting to note that EVERY piece of source code in the
>System V Release 2.1 source code option for the 3B2 has the following notice
>at the front of the file:
>
>/* Copyright (c) 1984 AT&T */
>/* All Rights Reserved */
>
>/* THIS IS UNPUBLISHED PROPRIETARY SOURCE CODE OF AT&T */
>/* The copyright notice above does not evidence any */
>/* actual or intended publication of such source code. */
>
It is interesting to notice that the previously very small (and fast)
shell procedure /bin/true now has a size of 747 bytes and a doubled
execution time.
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