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- From: mcuddy@fensende.Rational.COM (Mike Cuddy)
- 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: <mcuddy.711795634@fensende>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 09:00:34 GMT
- References: <l6nibgINNje6@neuro.usc.edu> <1992Jul21.142631.14517@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- jjsmith@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jonathan J. Smith) writes:
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- >Hrm well to the uneducated in legalieze (me) this sounds just a tad unlikely,
- >First of I believe that AT&T has to PROVE that said things actually were
- >based on derived from intellectual property of AT&T. I also believe that
- >burden of proof lies with AT&T. To me it sounds a shade unlikely that they
- >could possibly prove that , I COULD be totaly wrong here however. Just
- >doubting that is will happen i guess, sounds way to unreasonable.
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- Heh, you forget that USL/ATT have lots of money for lawyers. How many 5 to 10
- thousand dollar lawsuits can BSDI withstand? 5? 10? That's a lot of money
- for a startup, however, it's piss in a bucket for ATT/USL. *SIGH* Do not
- forget the principles this country is decaying under: Only the financially
- advantaged win :-(.
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- Boycott AT&T, don't use the phone. ;-)
-
- --Mike Cuddy (mcuddy@rational.com, fensende!mcuddy@apple.com)
- To Anachreon in Heav'n/Where he sat in full glee/A few sons of harmony sent a
- petition/That he them inspi-re and patron would be/When this answer arrived/
- from the jolly old Grecian/"Boys fiddle and flute,/no longer be mute,/
- I'll lend 'ye my name/And inspire ya' ta' boot/And besides I'll instruct 'ye/
- like me, to entwine/ the Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus' vine!
- -- sing to the tune of the star spangled banner... (these are the orig words,
- yes folks, our national anthem is a ``let's get drunk and F*** song'').
-