And they still had coredumps at the time if you press ctrl-\
Thank you for this, I enjoy digital archaeology. :)
Gotta stick the "This product includes software developed or owned by Caldera International, Inc." notice on it though.
But the license they provided (http://www.lemis.com/grog/UNIX/ancient-source-all.pdf) explicitly names versions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of UNIX for the 16-bit PDP-11. Yes, these versions originated at AT&T (Bell Labs) but are distinct legally from SysIII and SysV UNIX, also from AT&T, which are explicitly not covered by the Caldera license.
Yeah, everyone knows Unix is owned by SCO, just like C++, Linux, and the look on your face, which is priceless.
(So help me, SCO claimed to own C++ at one point:
https://lwn.net/Articles/39227/
> C++ is one of the properties that SCO owns today and we frequently are approached by customers who wish to license C++ from us and we do charge for that. Those arrangements are done on a case-by-case basis with each customer and are not disclosed publicly. C++ licensing is currently part of SCO's SCOsource licensing program.
Maybe they claimed to own an implementation of C++ but it would be typical of them to claim to own the moon and sun and be sublicensing the stars to God.)
>Redistributions of source code and documentation must retain the above copyright notice
The archived tape doesn't have this, which contradicts the license. This makes me think the license may only be referring to a set of source code that they released with this license text already applied as opposed to what was recently archived.
>Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice
I don't see the copyright notice on that page. So at the very least that may need to be added.
In the sense that the company I work for would be financially harmed if copyright infringement of software was freely allowed. I benefit from the ability of people being able to sell rights to use software.
It's one thing to digitize and archive ancient software, it's another thing to allow people to freely use it without acquiring the proper license for it.
Because the media was no longer in the rights holder's possession. This is a dangerous line of reasoning where someone can steal a copyrighted work and then be allowed to profit off of it because the artist has no way to do so.
Being able to see a long lost UNIX version is interesting and I could imagine it being worth paying to see it or play with it similar to how people pay money to see things at a museum.
But your line of reasoning says that since the artist is unable to make money from the print, then there is nothing wrong with someone else doing so as the artist isn't missing out on any profit since they have no way to sell prints.
Also please note that I have not said that the copyright is not valid. However, a case for fair use is not unfounded here.
> your line of reasoning says
It ain’t my line of reasoning. I’m paraphrasing the actual law:
As 17 USC § 107 says:
> In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include— (1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes; (2) the nature of the copyrighted work; (3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and (4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
Hardline stances usually cause more harm than good anyhow. I remember collecting Apple II gear in the late 1990's and early 2000's. The people saying that any form of copyright infringement was bad were either ignored or flamed since a lot of people just looked at their collection of software from the late 1970's and early 1980's and said, "we're at risk of losing this if we don't make it available, and the copyright holders won't lose anything if we do make it available." Which wasn't strictly true since there were some software developers who created software in the early 1990's who were still selling it. Unfortunately their absolutist attitude did not earn them many allies, so it became a lost cause.
> By using this service, you acknowledge that terminal sessions may be logged for educational and debugging purposes. No personal data is collected beyond your IP address.
Is this all open source and is the code available? So that we know where the data is truly going?
Hard to trust it if it isn't fully OSS.
This is a cool demo though.
Clarification requested: How is ‘trust’ applicable to this site?
Maybe you'd get too many retirees ...
Now you just need
It's an emulated PDP-11, could you elaborate on the threat model here?
I get that companies are being gross about logging everything online, but come on. It's okay to have fun.
Who in their right mind is using this for anything other than curiosity's sake?
You aren’t getting downvoted enough.