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- From: bambi@bu.oz.au (David J. Hughes)
- Subject: Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!!!
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.011439.246@kirk.bu.oz.au>
- Keywords: AT&T 'Death Star' rises over BSDI's horizon [Tel. 1-800-800-4BSD
- Organization: ITS, Bond University
- References: <l6nibgINNje6@neuro.usc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 01:14:39 GMT
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- merlin@neuro.usc.edu (merlin) writes:
-
- >The bottom line is that AT&T claims NET2 is contaminated with intellectual
- >property misappropriated from AT&T -- perhaps not direct copies of source
- >code -- but at least ways of doing things (trade secrets) -- and therefore
- >any system derived from NET2 requires an AT&T source code license [it used
- >to be about $10,000 to get an AT&T source license]. The threat is twofold
-
-
- By this somewhat wide definition, AT&T could also claim that anyone who
- has read either Bach or Lefler et al. has a knowledge of the way things
- are done and as such cannot work on a kernel without use of AT&T
- intellectual property.
-
- Oh well, there goes about 99% of the UNIX community. The sooner this is
- thrown out of court the better.
-
-
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