7 Oct
2008
7 Oct
'08
6:19 p.m.
Marc Balmer wrote:
actually indent(1), a program to indent and format C program source bears a copyright from 1976:
- Copyright (c) 1976 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.
32 years. And still useful. And this is the oldest copyright I could find in an operating system (OpenBSD) that still ships today.
You probably don't have the access anywhere, but try looking at IBMs TPF and you'll find stuff dating back to the early sixties. Surprisingly, TPF has always been open source - for license holders.
/Per Jessen, Herrliberg