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- From: grog@adagio.UUCP (Greg Lehey)
- 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: <1823@adagio.UUCP>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 17:10:45 GMT
- References: <1992Jul21.142631.14517@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <mcuddy.711795634@fensende> <1992Jul22.212903.29537@gateway.novell.com>
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- In article <1992Jul22.212903.29537@gateway.novell.com> terry@npd.Novell.COM (Terry Lambert) writes:
- >*** prediction alert *** prediction alert *** prediction alert ***
- >
- >I think that AT&T will win; not on the merits of reality, but on the merits
- >of their arguments. It will be difficult, without educating the judge to
- >the point of a CS degree, to draw the distinctions necessary to prove
- >non-infringement by BSDI. It certainly *looks* like BSDI is infringing
- >to a layman, and that's what the judge will be.
-
- Well, I sincerely hope you're wrong; but I also believe you will be.
- Certainly AT&Ts win/lose situation won't be based on `the merits of
- reality', but on the other hand they have so far not been able to give
- a single example of where the alleged infringement is. I don't believe
- they want to win; they're playing this court case relatively low-key,
- and I suspect their motives are more to keep BSDI from doing real work
- (like a production release of BSD/386) and to keep potential customers
- away. That way, they don't need to win.
-
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