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- From: terry@npd.Novell.COM (Terry Lambert)
- Subject: Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!!!
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.164228.28312@gateway.novell.com>
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- References: <1331@pacsoft.com> <1992Jul24.165236.10937@Warren.MENTORG.COM> <1992Jul24.185653.3196@kithrup.COM>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 16:42:28 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul24.185653.3196@kithrup.COM> sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) writes:
- >In addition, OSF specifically licensed parts of the SysVr3.x code from USL
- >in order to include it in OSF/1. Specifically, the STREAMS code, as there
- >were no such things in the original Mach code.
- >
- >If OSF/1 becomes based on Mach3.0, *and* the UNIX servers are written from
- >scratch, or based on ones that do not contain any USL code (such as the
- >Net/2 based one, although that would be as debatable as BSDi's product),
- >*then* purchasing an OSF/1 system might not cause in any license fees to
- >USL.
- >
- >Buying Motif from OSF results in USL making $0, true, but that is an
- >entirely different kettle of fish.
-
- Buzzzzzzz.
-
- 1) SysVr3.x has got to be SVR3.2 or later. It didn't include streams
- prior to that.
-
- 2) OSF has licensed Mentat streams for inclusion, not AT&T. The code
- is un-AT&T-encumbered, and runs on many diverse platforms (for
- instance, it also runs on VMS).
-
- 3) OSF/2 is the beast of interest, and it is based on Mach 3.0.
-
- 4) Doesn't AT&T have patents on BLIT that effect Motif?
-
-
- Terry Lambert
- terry_lambert@gateway.novell.com
- terry@icarus.weber.edu
- ---
- Disclaimer: Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of
- my present or previous employers.
-