Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 10:16:54 -0800 From: Nick Moffitt To: Schmoken Sie Crack? X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i X-motd-size: 36 lines long X-fnord: +++ath X-WebTV-Stationery: Standard; BGColor=black; TextColor=black Subject: [CrackMonkey][gkm@substance.abuse.blackdown.org: ksh93 source to become OpenSource.] ----- Forwarded message from glen mccready ----- Forwarded-by: Rob Windsor Forwarded-by: Klaus Klein [ Slightly trimmed down; I thought David Korn's last paragraph might be of interest. -- Klaus ] From: David Korn To: austin-group@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@research.att.com ----- End forwarded message -----