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- From: lyndon@ampr.ab.ca (Lyndon Nerenberg)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!!!
- Summary: We don't give a shit; we're The Phone Company
- Message-ID: <84@ampr.ab.ca>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 07:30:52 GMT
- References: <l6nibgINNje6@neuro.usc.edu> <1992Jul21.122530.23497@resonex.com>
- Organization: Alberta Packet Radio Network
- Lines: 17
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- michael@resonex.com (Michael Bryan) writes:
-
- > How long has the NET2 distribution (and other AT&T-void sources) been
- > available? If this is indeed the first legal action that AT&T/USL has
- > taken, perhaps a point in BSDI's favor is that AT&T has waited until
- > now to protest. The NET2 distribution was no secret, nor were the
- > various projects which are based upon it (especially Jolitz's 386BSD
- > and BSDI's BSD/386).
-
- ftp.uu.net logs every transfer. Perhaps they could be persuaded to
- post a list of all the downloads of NET1 and NET2 that landed inside the
- .att.com domain over the last couple of years.
-
- I suspect (and hope) that they are saving that information for the
- court case.
-
- --lyndon
-