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- From: ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis)
- Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk,misc.legal.computing,misc.int-property
- Subject: Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!!!
- Message-ID: <CKD.92Jul21115054@loiosh.eff.org>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 15:53:00 GMT
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- In-Reply-To: learn@speedy.acns.nwu.edu's message of 21 Jul 92 12:01:11 GMT
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- BV> == William J. Vajk <learn@speedy.acns.nwu.edu>
-
- BV> If AT&T attacks Mark Williams Company, then your conclusions are
- BV> probably correct. The necessary exception, however, continues to
- BV> exist. After all, $ 100 for the full OS including a development
- BV> system equates to free in my book, in the case of a *nix product.
-
- Of course, if I remember right, MWC is claiming a patent on the idea of
- a designated byte order for interchange between machines of differing
- endianness. (Yeah, htonl() and friends probably fall under the scope of
- this one.)
-
- More details are probably available in gnu.misc.discuss or comp.patents.
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