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- From: learn@speedy.acns.nwu.edu (William J. Vajk)
- Subject: Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!!!
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.120111.11737@news.acns.nwu.edu>
- Keywords: AT&T 'Death Star' rises over BSDI's horizon [Tel. 1-800-800-4BSD
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- Organization: Dares No Organization Like Dis Organization
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- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 12:01:11 GMT
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- Alexander-James Annala wrote:
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- >If it took a
- >small company like BSDI only a couple of years with a small team of people
- >to produce BSD/386 vs the multi year investment of a corporate giant - then
- >it is very possible AT&T may prevail on the unfair competition claim.
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- >All in all, this filing by a corporate giant with virtually unlimited funds
- >for legal expenses would seem to spell the doom of 'free' UNIX projects as
- >they are presently conceived. There is simply too much risk someone with a
- >prior exposure to AT&T source codes could manage to contaminate the product.
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- If AT&T attacks Mark Williams Company, then your conclusions are probably
- correct. The necessary exception, however, continues to exist. After all,
- $ 100 for the full OS including a development system equates to free in
- my book, in the case of a *nix product.
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- Bill Vajk
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