[ale] [Fwd: ksh93 source to become OpenSource.]

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Interesting news...

glen mccready wrote:
> 
> Forwarded-by: Rob Windsor <windsor at warthog.com>
> Forwarded-by: Klaus Klein <kleink at ira.uka.de>
> 
> [ Slightly trimmed down; I thought David Korn's last paragraph might be
>   of interest. -- Klaus ]
> 
> From: David Korn <dgk at research.att.com>
> To: austin-group at opengroup.org
> Subject: Re: RE: Editorial response to open items
> 
> > [...]
> 
> > So... it's a sort-of brand name.  It uniquely identifies
> > something, but it's not something you can go out and buy
> > off the shelf, either.
> 
> > Or... it may be easier to move the text to the rationale
> > and if needed use "some other" in the note.
> 
> > Donn
> 
> The Korn shell is a language that is described the Bolsky and Korn books,
> "The KornShell Command and Programming Language", and "The New KornShell
> Command and Programming Language" published by Prentice Hall.
> This is all that needs to be referenced by the standard.  There
> is no trademark for Korn shell and implementation that faithfully
> follows the book can fairly be called Korn shell.
> 
> There is a standalone KornShell product that is marketed by
> GlobalTechnologies but as I say the standard should be based
> on the description in the book.
> 
> My source for ksh93, an implementation that faithfully follows
> the books, will be avaible in OpenSource form by the end of
> this year or eary next year from AT&T.
> 
> David Korn
> research!dgk
> dgk at research.att.com

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