From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@oss.sgi.com>
To: Florian Lohoff <flo@rfc822.org>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@oss.sgi.com>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
Ulf Carlsson <ulfc@calypso.engr.sgi.com>,
linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com, linux-mips@fnet.fr,
linux-mips@vger.rutgers.edu
Subject: Re: Indy Documentation
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 18:40:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20000516184028.C5113@uni-koblenz.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20000516120830.F2191@paradigm.rfc822.org>; from flo@rfc822.org on Tue, May 16, 2000 at 12:08:30PM +0200
On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 12:08:30PM +0200, Florian Lohoff wrote:
> > More documentation jewels - I've got now paper copies of R8000
> > documentation and a collection of stuff regarding the R6000. I was told
> > that the R6000 was so buggy that understanding the internal circuitry is
> > a prerequisite for writing an OS bug now I got everything we need.
> > Except a R6000 machine :-)
>
> What is the license or publishing restrictions of those documents ?
No idea.
> How will these legal issues be brought on the track ? I think both
> companies (SGI + Mips) should have an interest to free up these documents
> or at least hand out to some people who sign some kind of NDA.
This is all about rather old machines and also involves investing some
resources so the interest is limited. Unfortunately this is a quite generic
truth which is valid far beyond the borders of this case and these two
companies.
Ralf
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-05-16 19:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-05-13 13:21 Indy Documentation Ulf Carlsson
2000-05-13 13:42 ` Guido Guenther
2000-05-14 6:08 ` Florian Lohoff
2000-05-13 16:32 ` Florian Lohoff
2000-05-14 18:58 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2000-05-15 21:23 ` Ralf Baechle
2000-05-16 10:08 ` Florian Lohoff
2000-05-16 16:40 ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
[not found] ` <Pine.GSO.3.96.1000517124358.24276C-100000@delta.ds2.pg.gda.pl>
2000-05-17 16:06 ` Ralf Baechle
2000-05-16 17:17 ` Nancy Bigham
2000-05-17 11:39 ` Florian Lohoff
2000-05-14 22:04 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2000-05-13 23:46 ` Alan Cox
2000-05-13 23:46 ` Alan Cox
2000-05-15 18:22 ` Ulf Carlsson
2000-05-15 19:19 ` Guido Guenther
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2000-05-16 11:02 Kevin D. Kissell
2000-05-16 11:02 ` Kevin D. Kissell
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