Re: MMIX license OK for main?

[Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@msu.edu>]

bruce@perens.com (Bruce Perens) writes:

> When I first looked at that license, I didn't see the "Donald Knuth" and
> assumed that license was written by some completely clue-less person.
> It's extremely ambiguous in that the "changes are only permissible" does
> not actually grant any rights - it just says when changes are permissible.
> I suppose that license is very old.

Actually, that is doubtful.  MMIX is to be introduced in the next
edition of the _TAoCP_ books.  It is quite new, at least compared
to the _TAoCP_ series itself.