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- From: ken@sugra.uucp (Kenneth Ng)
- 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: <1992Jul26.055050.11734@sugra.uucp>
- Date: 26 Jul 92 05:50:50 GMT
- References: <l6nibgINNje6@neuro.usc.edu: <3674@vidiot.UUCP> <1992Jul22.163407.10823@Warren.MENTORG.COM>
- Organization: Private Computer, Totowa NJ
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- In article <1992Jul22.163407.10823@Warren.MENTORG.COM:, tal@Warren.MENTORG.COM (Tom Limoncelli) writes:
- : Gee, I went to a tiny liberal arts school that doesn't get all those
- : favors and perks from Corporate America. I never have seen a source
- : license. I guess that just bumped up the value of my degree? HHOS.
-
- I wouldn't call Drew University a tiny school. Liberal arts yes, but not
- tiny. Furthermore, from what I have read here, AT&T is not suing on the
- basis of copyright infringement, it is suing based on the *IDEA* of UNIX(R).
- You know, concepts like pipes, forks(), tree structured directories, setuid,
- etc.
-
- In this political year, has anyone tried contacting the various candidates
- to see how they stand on this issue? It may be interesting.
-
- --
- Kenneth Ng
- Please reply to kdn5669@hertz.njit.edu for now.
- AT&T and Apple: Just say NO!
-