Berkeley Software for UNIX on the VAX .R describes 4.3BSD and summarizes the differences between 4.2BSD and Berkeley's 4.3BSD. It also lists the hardware supported by 4.3BSD. This document will help you decide whether or not to try 4.3BSD. Bug Fixes and Changes in 4.3BSD .R describes the external differences between 4.3BSD and 4.2BSD. This document will help you decide whether or not to upgrade from 4.2BSD. Changes to the Kernel in 4.3BSD .R describes the internal differences between 4.3BSD and 4.2BSD. This document will help you plan for carrying any local changes you may have made from 4.2BSD to 4.3BSD. Performance Effects of Disk Subsystem Choices for VAX Systems Running 4.2BSD UNIX .R describes the results of performance tests carried out with the 4.2BSD file system and several disk controllers and disk drives. Installing and Operating 4.3BSD .R describes what is involved in running 4.3BSD. This document will help you plan your operation's staffing. Notes on the Microvax II support in the 4.3BSD Distribution. .R How to obtain 4.3BSD

This section should be read by existing licensees as well as new licensees. All previous 4.2BSD licensees will be required to sign Addendum Number One to the revised Berkeley License Agreement (6/83). The fee for the 4.3BSD update is $600.00. For new licensees, we require execution of the revised Berkeley License Agreement (4/86), in which reference to the inclusion of 4.3BSD has been incorporated. In addition, foreign licensees must execute Addendum Number One for Foreign Licensees. The fee for release 4.3BSD for new licensees is $1,000.00.

Because we are a research and development organization and not a commercial organization, we make our research results available for a license fee. We distribute only the whole system and cannot send individual pieces of the system. Because the software is distributed `As Is' and is partially derived from licensed material, we are required by the University of California to have a formal license arrangement with each organization to which we distribute. All material is considered licensed material regardless of its availability from other sources which make such material publicly available. In addition, we are required to secure a copy of the AT&T Software Agreement with your organization and confirm it with AT&T before the software can be shipped. Finally, we ask that you supply us with the configuration of your system and identify the administrative and technical contacts.

Specifically, we must receive from your organization the following material before the distribution can be sent:

Two copies of the current Software Agreement between your company or institution and AT&T (Western Electric) that authorize you as a source licensee for UNIX/32V; System III; System V, 1.0; or System V, 2.0. Note that a complete copy of the agreement up to the Schedule is required, not just the cover and/or signature page. Letters authorizing additional CPUs are not sufficient and not necessary in this process; however, it is your legal responsibility to obtain an additional CPU authorization from AT&T. Two signed and executed copies of the Berkeley License Agreement (for 4.3BSD) or Addendum No. One (for 4.3BSD update) between your company or institution and The Regents of the University of California. The name of the organization on the Berkeley License Agreement must be the same as that which appears on the Software Agreement with AT&T (or Western Electric). The Berkeley License Agreement must be signed by a duly authorized person who holds a position that is at the same level or a higher level of authority as that which appears on the AT&T Software Agreement. Please have this person's name and title typed .R in the available space in addition to the signature. This license agreement applies to all the CPUs covered by the Software Agreement with AT&T (or Western Electric) that you have provided. One of the signed copies of the Berkeley License Agreement will be returned to you after it has been executed on behalf of The Regents of the University of California along with Schedule A (a list of the material being licensed). A prepayment of $1000.00 U.S. (for 4.3BSD) or $600.00 (for update) must be received before the distribution can be sent. Checks should be made payable to ``The Regents of the University of California.'' If you must issue a Purchase Order, together with your prepayment, please issue one that is blank-backed. If this is not possible, insert and initialize in the body of the Purchase Order the following clause: ``The terms and conditions of this Purchase Order are not acceptable. The revised Berkeley License Agreement (4/86) prevails.'' In the case of 4.2 licensees, substitute ``The revised Berkeley License Agreement (6/83) and Addendum Number One prevail.'' The Site Information Form and Equipment List completely filled out and dated. The signed Berkeley License Agreement will be sent to the person listed as the administrative contact. The distribution itself will be sent to the technical contact. The site information is kept confidential and is for our use in identifying sites with specific configurations. Please note that we cannot ship to post office boxes; therefore, please have the technical contact's address supplied without use of a post office box.

A checklist is included to aid you in assembling this material. All the above material must be sent to: Pauline Schwartz, Distribution Coordinator Computer Systems Research Group Computer Science Division, EECS University of California Berkeley, California 94720 Once all these items have been received and are in proper order, the distribution will be sent to the technical address indicated on the Site Information Form. We cannot provide delivery dates. Once the material is assembled and packaged, the distribution is shipped by commercial carrier. Order of shipment will be based on time of arrival of the properly completed paperwork and confirmation with AT&T. Because of the differential in costs of shipping outside the United States, we ask that organizations beyond the North American continent pay the collect shipping charges.

The most expedient way to insure that your full distribution is sent as quickly as possible is to include in a single package two copies of the completed and properly signed Berkeley License Agreement (without modification), two complete copies of your AT&T Software Agreement, the appropriate check properly made out to ``The Regents of the University of California,'' and a completely filled out Site Information Form and Equipment List and to send this single package to the address noted above.

Please note that if you modify the Berkeley License Agreement, you may experience a delay of three months or more before receiving an acceptance or denial of the changes. We reserve the right to cancel your application if we have not received the requested paperwork within 60 days from the date it was sent to us.

Large Organizations

Many large organizations have multiple entities which act independently from one another and wish to be licensed independently from AT&T. Others may wish to have the parent organization licensed by AT&T and copies of the software distribution sent to each independent entity. We recommend that you have the parent organization licensed first for AT&T software and then for 4.3BSD.

Once your organization has an AT&T license, these rules apply:

If your AT&T Software Agreement is with the parent organization, the initial Berkeley License Agreement must be with the parent organization. If your AT&T Software Agreement is with an individual entity within a large organization, the Berkeley License Agreement must be signed by a representative of that individual entity. Each such entity will have to pay the cost of the distribution. Special Cases

University of California Sites. If you are a part of the University of California, the following requirements apply: In order to run 4.3BSD on any CPU, you must have a CPU authorization under the Regents of the University of California Software Agreement with AT&T. This can be obtained by contacting Pam True on (415) 642-6348 in Berkeley Campus Materiel Management for an application. A copy of this should be sent to us. If you are upgrading from 4.2BSD and do not have a new CPU, this is not necessary. In addition, the following items must be sent to the Computer Systems Research Group: 1) a letter of authorization signed by the Director or Head of Department requesting 4.3BSD, stating that you have read and understood the Berkeley License Agreement and that your organization will abide by it, 2) an IOC for $1,000.00 or $600.00 (update), and 3) a Site Information Form and Equipment List.

DARPA Sites. The research on which the Berkeley Software Distributions are based is sponsored by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency). Provision has been made for prepayment of distribution costs for a few designated DARPA sites. In place of the check for $1,000.00 or $600.00, you should include a letter from your Program Manager stating that you are designated as such a site. However, you must comply with all other requirements in applying for the distribution.

Government Agencies and Government Contractors.

The U.S. Government has a source Software Agreement with AT&T dated Sept. 1, 1975. If you are a government agency operating under the 1975 Software Agreement, you do not need a copy of the aforementioned Software Agreement; rather you must send a copy of your additional CPU authorization from AT&T. The Berkeley License Agreement for 4.3BSD should be signed by the Contracting Officer who signed the request for an additional CPU authorization from AT&T. A number of government agencies have acquired their own AT&T Software Agreement. In this case, we must obtain, as stated, a copy of this Software Agreement with AT&T. The Berkeley License Agreement must be signed by the same officeholder (or replacement) whose signature appears on the Software Agreement with AT&T. The government agency shall be identified as the Licensee in the License Agreement of The Regents of the University of California. If you are a contractor of the Government and have obtained an additional CPU authorization from AT&T for your contract work, the Berkeley License Agreement must be signed by the appropriate Contracting Officer for the contract. The contractor should address a letter to the Contracting Officer stating that the contractor agrees to abide by the terms and conditions of the Berkeley License Agreement for 4.3BSD and ask that the Contracting Officer sign the Berkeley License Agreement for 4.3BSD. The Contracting Officer should then return the signed Berkeley License Agreement directly to the Computer Systems Research Group with a cover letter stating that the contractor is hereby authorized to receive a copy of 4.3BSD. A Special Note

The procedures and rules set out in this document are University and AT&T constraints which must be followed in order for the distribution of software to be possible. The Computer Systems Research Group has no control over these constraints and must reject your application if material submitted is not in order.

If You Have Read Everything and Still Need Help

If you have questions about the licensing process after reading this letter, you may call Pauline Schwartz at (415) 642-7780, write to her, or contact her via electronic mail at pauline@berkeley.edu. or ucbvax!pauline. Sincerely yours, Professor Domenico Ferrari

Computer Systems Research Group