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- From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!!!
- Keywords: AT&T 'Death Star' rises over BSDI's horizon [Tel. 1-800-800-4BSD
- Message-ID: <3674@vidiot.UUCP>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 02:06:42 GMT
- References: <l6nibgINNje6@neuro.usc.edu>
- Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
- Organization: Vidiot's Hangout
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- In article <l6nibgINNje6@neuro.usc.edu> merlin@neuro.usc.edu (merlin) writes:
- <
- <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.
- <
- <Sigh, AJ
-
- Sigh is right. It is virtually impossible to not have had access to a Unix
- system in one's career of computer science. If that is allowed to stand,
- AT&T will win every time. Yuch.
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