Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: MINIX license change
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In article <dkunc8.8n6.ln@jetsam.cs.vu.nl>,
Kees J Bot <kjb=732098@cs.vu.nl> wrote:
>In article <38EF6351.3CD585CB@cln.etc.bc.ca>,
>Steve Shack  <sshack@cln.etc.bc.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> There is also the compiler.  The former ACK maintainer has said to us
>>> that it would be ok to throw the code on the street if someone puts it
>>> back into shape for distribution.  That will take some work.  (ACK is
>>> bigger than Minix.)  It would be nice if Minix is "open source" and
>>> available as source, from the first to the last byte.
>>
>>Having the ACK compiler distributed with minix would be an excellent thing. Kudos
>>for this.
>
>Don't thank me yet.  Above is the plan, with one big maybe (I need to
>confirm if freeing ACK is ok), and it needs to be done in my free time
>when I have time.  So don't expect anything until you see it.  (Philip
>will probably chide me on monday for announcing vapourware.)

There is always the possibility of using (gasp) a different compiler if
the ACK one is difficult to get (or if the code is unpresentable).  For
instance, there is the C68 compiler which I have been very happy using;
I don't know exactly what liscense it is distributed under, but I think
it's a "free for personal use" sort of thing.  The source is availiable
and is even fairly understandable.

One would also need a cpp (such as the DECUS cpp) and an assembler (the
hardest part to find) to be able to have the source to everything.

The home page of this compiler is at:
http://www.itimpi.freeserve.co.uk/index1.htm

-- 
Andrew Erickson
(Infuriatingly, the posts which actually contain information on the new
liscense have not yet propegated to my news server, or have been thrown
away already; I may have to resort to Deja or something.  Blecch!)
