Subject: Re: netscape (binary package)
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Soren S. Jorvang <soren@t.dk>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 01/14/1999 02:31:19
On Wed, Jan 13, 1999 at 12:59:39PM -0500, Todd Vierling wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, UNIX hacker and security officer wrote:
>
> : Perhaps someone could check with Sun on this, as SunOS 4.x was officially
> : End-Of-Lifed quite some time ago. They no longer sell nor support it.
>
> They still support 4.1.4's, and you can still get "Solaris 1.1.x" patches
> (aka SunOS 4.1.3, 4.1.4) via public access. AFAIK, they still sell 4.1.4 on
> special order.
Note that the necessary files for a /emul/sunos could almost certainly
be fetched in their entirety from a careful selection of patches
from Sun's public patch site.
Whether this is legally acceptable even with a
I_REALLY_DO_HAVE_A_LICENSE=yes I don't know.
--
Soren