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Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 16:07:06 +1030
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: "Steven M. Schultz" <sms@moe.2bsd.com>
Cc: PDP UNIX Preservation Society <pups@minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au>
Subject: Re: PUPS Volunteers list
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On Tue,  3 March 1998 at 17:17:18 -0800, Steven M. Schultz wrote:
>> From: allisonp@world.std.com (Allison J Parent)
>> Query:
>>
>> The license is more concerned with source level code.  What about those of
>> us that are interested in binaries only configured for a working system?
>
> 	If you don't plan on staying current with parts that change then
> 	a binary only system might work.  I can't see myself volunteering
> 	to build binaries (especially kernels) for varying configurations.
>
>	(omitting detailled explanation)
>
> 	I
> 	don't know about any one else but I'd rather not get into the
> 	providing custom kernels and binaries.

All good reasons.  I suppose I could give access to an emulator over
the net if anybody wants to do it themselves.  This is not the way to
go if you have your own machine with enough storage, but it might be
if you're low on storage.

> 	As has been mentioned before there are binary only V6, V7, and V5
> 	images already available without requiring a source license at
>	all.

JOOI, where are these?

Greg