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In particular, it is the second clause that concerns me. Until I do further
research or receive a written waiver from DEC to produce a compatible
Linux implementation based on the OSF/1 documentation, I feel that continued
efforts on my part are risky.
This would imply an effort using ELF shared libraries and a definition of
Alpha ELF formats. However, I don't think this is too much different
effort wise to the OSF/1 compatible method.
Comments?
--Craig Ruff NCAR cruff@ncar.ucar.edu (303) 497-1211 P.O. Box 3000 Boulder, CO 80307