[Raion]

It seems like hackaday picked us up, so let me clarify a few points raised in comments:

1. I am not working with HPE. They no longer hold a claim to the trademark. There is nothing stopping us from using IRIX as a name.

2. We are essentially re-implementing the OS, or proposing to. I am taking the opportunity to reuse the well-known name.

3. No part of the money is being used for attorney fees. The person who is involved with this is being very fair and not asking for much because they know that I don't come from a place of means.

4. Some people can work for free and work off of enthusiasm but some of the people that I'm working with are not able to. In order to get this done in a somewhat timely fashion it would be necessary for us to come up with the cash. Otherwise, I have contingencies, but the primary result of those would be a significant delay of our plans maybe on the order of 5-10 years, something I really don't want to do because it doesn't take that long for the steam to burn out on a community.

5. I signed up for the comments there but I don't know if I will be able to comment or not. Please post your questions here if you want me to see them