From: ralf@uni-koblenz.de
To: Alistair Lambie <alambie@rock.csd.sgi.com>, linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com
Subject: Re: sound, power button, volume buttons
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 01:41:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19980730014112.D2987@uni-koblenz.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <35BF9C5B.73E31A72@csd.sgi.com>; from Alistair Lambie on Wed, Jul 29, 1998 at 03:04:11PM -0700
On Wed, Jul 29, 1998 at 03:04:11PM -0700, Alistair Lambie wrote:
> Just in case some people don't know it (although I'd guess most people
> do!) MIPS shipped the source of most of the driver code with RISC/os.
> Doesn't help with the memory subsystem and the like of course.
>
> Every machine shipped with an OS license, so even if you didn't get a
> copy of the OS with your machine you are entitled to it...getting a copy
> may be the difficult bit :-)
The problem is probably more like with a license for what version did the
machine ship? Several desperated people have already asked me for copies
of RISC/os and since I didn't want to get into that trap I never gave
somebody a copy.
(Or: Free Software is so much more convenient than warez :-)
Ralf
prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-07-29 23:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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[not found] ` <19980729090902.D1989@uni-koblenz.de>
1998-07-29 15:40 ` sound, power button, volume buttons William J. Earl
1998-07-29 16:50 ` ralf
1998-07-29 17:31 ` Richard Ingram
1998-07-29 18:19 ` William J. Earl
1998-07-29 22:04 ` Alistair Lambie
1998-07-29 22:37 ` William J. Earl
1998-07-29 23:41 ` ralf [this message]
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