Subject: Formal Presentation of Petition to SCO

From: Warren Toomey <wkt>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 16:00:22 +1000 (EST)

Dion, Mike,

	I'd like to formally present the attached petition regarding source
licenses for PDP-11 UNIX to SCO. Can you pass this on to the appropriate
people upstairs (or wherever)? The petition can also be found at:

	http://minnie.adfa.oz.au/PUPS/petition.html

There are over 200 signatures on the petition, and some of them have very
high standing in the UNIX community. The petition's only been running for
a week, and you can check the URL for more recent signatures.

I'm sure you're all pretty busy there, but an official response from SCO
in, say, a few weeks would be great!

Many thanks for your help & support,

	Warren Toomey	[email-masked]

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The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
Dear Sirs/Madams,

We, the undersigned, are a group of people who are interested in obtaining
legal access to the source code and binaries of the versions of UNIX that
ran on the PDP-11 range of computers from Digital Equipment Corporation. We
would like legal access to these versions of UNIX to be available because:

   * they are of great historical importance, and/or
   * we personally own PDP-11 computers on which these systems will run.

The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. owns the copyright to these very old versions
of UNIX. We understand and appreciate that SCO wishes to protect their
intellectual property within, and ownership of, these versions of UNIX.
Therefore, we wish to petition SCO to make available source code and binary
licenses of these versions of UNIX so that:

   * we can legally own source code and binaries for PDP-11 UNIXes, and
   * SCO's copyright and intellectual property is protected.

We would be happy to purchase and be legally bound by a source code and
binary license for PDP-11 UNIXes that meets SCO's requirements, as long as:

   * the license covers the entire distributions (source code, binaries and
     documentation) of the following versions of UNIX:
        o 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Edition UNIX
        o 32V UNIX
        o PWB/UNIX
        o those portions of all 2BSD releases which are derived from UNIX
          source code
   * we have the right to make changes to the source code of the above
     versions of UNIX
   * we have the right to distribute our changes to other people who have
     signed and agreed to the source code and binary license for PDP-11
     UNIXes
   * we have the right to install UNIX binaries on PDP-11 hardware and
     PDP-11 emulating software
   * we have the right to allow other people to use the UNIX binaries on
     such an installation

Note that the latter is already permitted, given SCO's binary license
agreement for 5th, 6th and 7th Edition UNIX. We would also be happy with the
following conditions imposed in the source code and binary license for
PDP-11 UNIXes:

   * no resale of the license is permitted
   * source code covered by the license cannot be distributed or disclosed
     to people not covered by the license
   * no commercial usage of the source code or binaries is permitted
   * SCO is not required to provide copies of any source code, binaries or
     documentation with the source code and binary license for PDP-11 UNIXes

On a recent survey of people interested in such a license, over 120 people
responded. Most of the respondents would agree to a license with the
conditions and limitations outlined above, if the cost of such a license was
less than US$200.

We urge you to consider

   * the historical significance of the UNIX operating system,
   * that the PDP-11 versions of UNIX are essentially obsolete,
   * that UNIX-like operating systems, libraries and applications are freely
     available in source code form,
   * that the source code to 6th Edition UNIX is publicly available in
     printed form (Lions' Commentary on 6th Edition UNIX, Peer to Peer
     Communications, Inc.)

and make personal-use non-disclosure source code and binaries licenses for
PDP-11 UNIXes available at a price which we can afford as individuals.

The UNIX community has played an extremely important role in the development
and success of the UNIX operating system. The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc., as
owners of the UNIX operating system source, would be repaying the UNIX
community in some measure by providing source licenses for these old
versions of UNIX. Although you would not profit greatly from the licenses,
you would earn the respect and appreciation from many people who helped make
UNIX what it is today.

Thank you for your time. Your response to our petition will be appreciated,
and can be sent via Internet e-mail to Warren Toomey [email-masked].

Sincerely yours, the undersigned.

 John S.
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