T-shirt for SCO Unix Licenses

From: Warren Toomey < wkt@henry.cs.adfa.oz.au>
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Subject: T-shirt for SCO Unix Licenses
To: pups@minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au (PDP Unix Preservation)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 12:22:59 +1100 (EST)
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I had this idea for a t-shirt to celebrate the release of the SCO PDP-11
licenses. The front says:

			   I am
			  LEGALLY
			CONTAMINATED
			  by UNIX

The back has as much kernel source code as you can print on a t-shirt.
Near the middle is the comment /* You are not expected to understand this */

Sound good?

	Warren

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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 12:17:42 +1030
From: Greg Lehey < grog@lemis.com>
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On Wed, 18 March 1998 at 12:22:59 +1100, Warren Toomey wrote:
> I had this idea for a t-shirt to celebrate the release of the SCO PDP-11
> licenses. The front says:
>
> 			   I am
> 			  LEGALLY
> 			CONTAMINATED
> 			  by UNIX

It's a nice start, but it doesn't really demonstrate the historical nature.

> The back has as much kernel source code as you can print on a t-shirt.
> Near the middle is the comment /* You are not expected to understand this */

That sounds good.

Greg

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Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 19:33:46 -0700
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Hi Warren ...

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> From: Warren Toomey < wkt@henry.cs.adfa.oz.au>
> To: PDP Unix Preservation < pups@minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au>
> Subject: T-shirt for SCO Unix Licenses
> Date: Tuesday, March 17, 1998 6:22 PM
> 
> I had this idea for a t-shirt to celebrate the release of the SCO PDP-11
> licenses. The front says:
> 
> 			   I am
> 			  LEGALLY
> 			CONTAMINATED
> 			  by UNIX
> 
> The back has as much kernel source code as you can print on a t-shirt.
> Near the middle is the comment /* You are not expected to understand this
*/

Do i need the SCO source license for this t-shirt ???? ;-))))


> 
> Sound good?
> 
> 

yes

From: Warren Toomey < wkt@henry.cs.adfa.oz.au>
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Subject: Re: T-shirt for SCO Unix Licenses
To: pups@minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au (PDP Unix Preservation)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 13:42:38 +1100 (EST)
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> > I had this idea for a t-shirt to celebrate the release of the SCO PDP-11
> > licenses. The front says:
> > 
> > 			   I am
> > 			  LEGALLY
> > 			CONTAMINATED
> > 			  by UNIX
> > 
> > The back has as much kernel source code as you can print on a t-shirt.
> > In the middle is the comment /* You are not expected to understand this */
> 
> Do i need the SCO source license for this t-shirt ???? ;-))))

Yes, of course you will. You will also have to kill anybody who attempts
to read the back.

Greg Lehey also commented:

> It's a nice start, but it doesn't really demonstrate the historical nature.

Hmm, how can we rectify this?

How about a list of versions covered by the SCO License, arranged randomly
around the `I am LEGALLY CONTAMINATED by Unix' on the front?

	Warren

Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 11:00:59 +0800 (SGT)
From: Joerg Micheel < joerg@krdl.org.sg>
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Warren writes:

# I had this idea for a t-shirt to celebrate the release of the SCO PDP-11
# licenses. The front says:
# 
#                            I am
#                           LEGALLY
#                         CONTAMINATED
#                           by UNIX
# 
# The back has as much kernel source code as you can print on a t-shirt.
# Near the middle is the comment /* You are not expected to understand this */

Hey, hey! Gotta make a reference to the original artwork! :-)

	Joerg

From: Warren Toomey < wkt@henry.cs.adfa.oz.au>
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Subject: Re: T-shirt for SCO Unix Licenses
To: pups@minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au (PDP Unix Preservation)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 14:13:09 +1100 (EST)
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In article by Joerg Micheel:
> Warren writes:
> 
> # I had this idea for a t-shirt to celebrate the release of the SCO PDP-11
> # licenses. The front says:
> # 
> #                            I am
> #                           LEGALLY
> #                         CONTAMINATED
> #                           by UNIX
> # 
> # The back has as much kernel source code as you can print on a t-shirt.
> # Near the middle is the comment /* You are not expected to understand this */
> 
> Hey, hey! Gotta make a reference to the original artwork! :-)
> 
> 	Joerg

I should say (and Joerg reminds me) that he & Harti sent me a t-shirt
a couple of years ago with a copy of boot/login sequence of V7 on the
front, and the section of the V6 kernel with the comment above on the
back. I wear it quite a bit, and my fiancee likes it too, but probably
for other reasons.

Thanks Joerg!

	Warren

Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 11:40:24 +0800 (SGT)
From: Joerg Micheel < joerg@krdl.org.sg>
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To: pups@minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au
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# > # I had this idea for a t-shirt to celebrate the release of the SCO PDP-11
# > # licenses. The front says:
# > # 
# > #                            I am
# > #                           LEGALLY
# > #                         CONTAMINATED
# > #                           by UNIX
# > # 
# > # The back has as much kernel source code as you can print on a t-shirt.
# > # Near the middle is the comment /* You are not expected to understand this */
# > 
# > Hey, hey! Gotta make a reference to the original artwork! :-)
# > 
# I should say (and Joerg reminds me) that he & Harti sent me a t-shirt
# a couple of years ago with a copy of boot/login sequence of V7 on the
# front, and the section of the V6 kernel with the comment above on the
# back. I wear it quite a bit, and my fiancee likes it too, but probably
# for other reasons.

The /* You are not expected to understand this */ is also on the second
page of Peter Salus' A Quater Century of UNIX, explaining a lot of folklore
behind the UNIX history, including things like "a tape was found on the
street to contain ...".

The "contamination" term is (as far as I can tell) originated at Berkeley.
When USL sued UCB for violating AT&T UNIX copyrights, it became apparent,
that anyone ever having had a look at the original sources would be "infected"
and be disallowed to distribute code that vaguely resembles anything in UNIX.

Kirk McKusick then showed up with "Mentally contaminated" stickers for everyone
attending the 4.4BSD Kernel Internals course at the Winter 1993 USENIX
Conference, since he would present us - guess, what - source code! (of 4.4BSD)

I still have the sticker somewhere in my collection.

	Joerg

From: Warren Toomey < wkt@henry.cs.adfa.oz.au>
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Subject: Mental contamination (was t-shirts)
To: pups@minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au (PDP Unix Preservation)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 15:07:23 +1100 (EST)
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In article by Joerg Micheel:
> The /* You are not expected to understand this */ is also on the second
> page of Peter Salus' A Quater Century of UNIX, explaining a lot of folklore
> behind the UNIX history, including things like "a tape was found on the
> street to contain ...".

Yes, I'd love to lay my hands on the `50 bugs' tape. For those who don't
have Peter Salus' book (get out there & buy it!), this tape had fixes to
V6, but the lawyers prevented Bell Labs from distributing it. So, someone
`found' it lying in the street and that's how the patches found their way
out of the Labs.

>The "contamination" term is (as far as I can tell) originated at Berkeley.
>Kirk McKusick showed up with "Mentally contaminated" stickers for everyone
>attending the 4.4BSD Kernel Internals course at the Winter 1993 USENIX
>Conference, since he would present us - guess, what - source code! (of 4.4BSD)
> 
> I still have the sticker somewhere in my collection.

I got one of the `Free the Berkeley 4.4' t-shirts. Good stuff.

Kirk's the guy who is working on making the 4.xBSD releases available on CD.
Please don't hassle him about it; I'll do that 8-)

I've informed him that the SCO license covers 32V. Therefore, a lot of
people will soon become eligible to receive 4.xBSD.

	Warren