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Plan 9 (I know, not UNIX) Gets MIT Licensed - Printable Version

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Plan 9 (I know, not UNIX) Gets MIT Licensed - Raion - 03-24-2021

Good for Plan 9:

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Plan-9-2021

While I'm not a fan, it's good to see that more are moving away from the rights taker that is the GPL.


RE: Plan 9 (I know, not UNIX) Gets MIT Licensed - jan-jaap - 03-24-2021

FWIW, at least the earlier versions of Plan9 ran on PowerSeries and Indigos (and the MIPS Magnum I think).


RE: Plan 9 (I know, not UNIX) Gets MIT Licensed - Raion - 03-24-2021

I wouldn't mind seeing Plan 9 or Haiku be an option on SGI machines, mostly because they're so unlike IRIX that they are genuinely neat.