On 2005 May 9, at 6:09 PM, Henning Brauer wrote:
>>> Even if the plan9
>>> compiler looks nice.
>>
>> Forgive me if I'm out of the loop, but has the license changed since
>> two years ago?
>
> yes, that's the entire point.
I don't suppose anybody could elaborate? I'm not having any luck
finding the new license.
Specifically, the seemingly-official download page here:
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/download.html
still links to the onerous license:
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/license.html
and has this before you can download:
> Mandatory:
> [ ] I acknowledge that
> * the software is not intended for use by a government end-user except
> those in the United States, Canada, the European Union, Australia,
> Norway, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Japan, Switzerland, and
> New Zealand. (government end-users are defined in part 772).
> * I understand that the cryptographic software is subject to export
> controls under the Export Administration Regulations.
> * I understand that I cannot export the software without a license or
> other authorization.
So...where does one go to get an unencumbered Plan9 compiler? Either
Google isn't much help (though it did uncover this rather interesting
thread from a couple years ago:
http://lists.cse.psu.edu/archives/9fans/2003-June/025148.html) or my
Googling skills aren't up to the task.
And...since this has become the topic of such rampant rumor and
speculation, would anybody in the know care to enlighten us masses as
to when we might be able to expect to start drooling over a GCC-free
OpenBSD?
Cheers,
b&
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