Lobbying to Free the Old Unixes

1990s: could only buy a SysV license: $$$
1996: Steven Schultz & I began lobbying SCO for cheap/free licenses
Free was out of the question, said SCO
1997: On-line petition used to lobby SCO for cheap licenses
1998: With help from Dion Johnson at SCO, `Ancient UNIX' licenses came out in March. Cost is US$100
2000: SCO decides to drop the $100, but requires users to agree to on-line license before access granted