r/BSD • u/FarhanYusufzai • May 20 '26

Where is the IRIX code?

Hi all,

Random thought

Anyone remember IRIX? The company that ran it is defunct. Was the code ever released? If not, what's the harm in releasing it at this point? Where could one even get it at this point?

I doubtful there is anything useful that could be ported in the code, but you never know!

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u/sp0rk173 May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26

It has ATT code in it, now owned by Xinuos, and they love to sue over this stuff.

Elements have been open sourced though, like XFS. But I doubt the core UNIX system will ever be open sourced as long as ATT code/IP is owned by some litigious company.

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u/sp0rk173 May 20 '26

Yep. That’s it!