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- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Path: sparky!uunet!kithrup!sef
- From: sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan)
- Subject: Re: AT&T sues BSDI
- Organization: Kithrup Enterprises, Ltd.
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 21:06:54 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul25.210654.2518@kithrup.COM>
- Keywords: BSDI AT&T
- References: <83@ampr.ab.ca> <1992Jul23.173415.11587@nebulus.ca> <1992Jul25.014246.11533@klic.rain.com>
- Lines: 56
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- In article <1992Jul25.014246.11533@klic.rain.com> keithl@klic.rain.com (Keith Lofstrom) writes:
- >dennis@nebulus.ca (Dennis S. Breckenridge) [ and others ] write:
- >>Send your $1000.00 to BSDI and get a source license now.
- >I just did so. There are a number of reasons why this is a good idea:
-
- Alternatively, you could grab a copy of 386BSD, use that, and distribute as
- many copies as possible to your friends.
-
- Since there is no difference between what BSDI is doing and what the
- Jolitzes are doing, other than the fact that BSDI is chargning money, which,
- from the standpoint of the suit, is pretty irrelevant, having all those
- copies of 386BSD out there, which has been publicly announced and talked
- about as much as BSDI's product, without any move on USL's part to stop the
- distribution or use, helps BSDI.
-
- That is, because the two are the same, if there is any trade secret or
- copyright violation going on, USL would have to go after both, or lose its
- ability to protect its "trade secrets" or copyrights.
-
- Then, of course, you could send $1k to the Jolitzes instead of BSDI, and
- know that they could use the money a lot more than BSDI could, especially if
- USL *does* go after them.
-
- >2) BSDI could use the money.
-
- BSDI will do fine in the suit without the money, although it is true that
- they could always use more money. Who can't? The Jolitzes could, as well.
- You could also order a copy of Net/2 from CSRG, and *they* can use the money
- far more than BSDI can!
-
- >4) BSDI probably has investors.
-
- Other than the founderrs, I don't think so. Kolstad has either stated
- outright, or implied heavily, that there are none. Uhm, "self-financed
- company" were the words he used at the first BSDI BOF, I believe.
-
- >Buy a copy for yourself. Your friends. Your Mom. Your Dog. ;-)
-
- Buy a copy of Net/2 from CSRG instead, and get a copy of 386BSD. For
- yourself. Your friends. Your mom. Your Dog. ;-)
-
- As much as I dislike the suit between USL and BSDI, I hate seeing it turn
- into a bunch of advertisement for BSDI on the net. The same moral
- objectives can be accomplished by helping the Jolitzes, or running the BSD
- single-server available from CMU for Mach 3.0, or by merely distributing
- copies of the Net/2 tape, and any derivatives thereof, to as many people as
- possible. If you order it from CSRG, include a letter saying that you do
- not have a USL or AT&T source license, so that there will be something on
- record showing that USL permitted UCB to continue to distribute copies of the
- Net/2 tape to people or organizations without such.
-
- --
- Sean Eric Fagan | "My psychiatrist says I have a messiah
- sef@kithrup.COM | complex. But I forgive him."
- -----------------+ -- Jim Carrey
- Any opinions expressed are my own, and generally unpopular with others.
-