Strategy (was Re: Improving copyright)

[Benoît Sibaud]

Hi,

> Are we talking about the same system here? I can run my Win95 and 
> often my DOS binaries unmodified on the latest Windows. A Linux 
> binary from 1996 stands *zero* *chance* of running unmodified on the 
> latest Linux.

Just for fun, on a Debian Sid 

modprobe binfmt_aout

ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-3.3/slakware/a5/ldso.tgz
ldso.tgz  	190 KB  	09.08.1997  	00:00:00

$ usr/bin/ldd -v
usr/bin/ldd: version 1.9.5

Easy, static binary (and 1997).

apt-get install ldso libc5

ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-3.3/contrib/cvs-1.8.1.tgz
cvs-1.8.1.tgz  	226 KB  	18.06.1996  	00:00:00

More fun, with dynamic library.

$ usr/bin/ldd usr/bin/cvs
        libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5 (0x40017000)
$ usr/bin/cvs -v

Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.8.1 (client/server)

Copyright (c) 1993-1994 Brian Berliner
Copyright (c) 1993-1994 david d `zoo' zuhn
Copyright (c) 1992, Brian Berliner and Jeff Polk
Copyright (c) 1989-1992, Brian Berliner

CVS may be copied only under the terms of the GNU General Public License,
a copy of which can be found with the CVS distribution kit.

"A Linux binary from 1996 stands *zero* *chance* of running unmodified on
the latest Linux."
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-- 
Benoît Sibaud
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