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- From: lyndon@ampr.ab.ca (Lyndon Nerenberg)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Re: AT&T sues BSDI
- Summary: We don't give a shit; we're The Phone Company
- Message-ID: <85@ampr.ab.ca>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 07:34:08 GMT
- References: <QUANSTRO.92Jul21140234@lars.StOlaf.edu> <1992Jul21.235727.4693@unislc.uucp>
- Organization: Alberta Packet Radio Network
- Lines: 13
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- erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp) writes:
-
- > The bottom line is that, if AT&T wins, any piece of code that any programmer
- > has written or will write that contains even the slightest hint of containing
- > "intellectual property" of AT&T (such as "for(i=0;i<XYZ; i++)") will be
- > claimed by AT&T as derivitive of that so-called "intellectual property".
-
- Hrumph! I worked at a shop with a SVR3 source license. I guess I really
- wanted to get out of this damned business anyway.
-
- > Oops ... I just did it, didn't I? :)
-
- I'm still looking for a bass player :-)
-