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- From: witr@rwwa.COM (Robert Withrow)
- Subject: Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!!!
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.142341.13670@rwwa.COM>
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- Organization: R.W. Withrow Associates
- References: <1992Jul27.152614.25898@psg.com> <1992Jul27.164334.9376@nebulus.ca>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 14:23:41 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul27.164334.9376@nebulus.ca>, dennis@nebulus.ca (Dennis S. Breckenridge) writes:
- | Randy, the way you donate to the cause is to buy a BSDi source license.
-
- I am not certain that helps the ``cause'' of assuring the freedom of
- the net2 code, but....
-
- If you read USL's interrogatories, you might be interrested to note that,
- unless the case is dismissed, BSDI will probably have to provide your name
- and address to USL if you buy the BSDI code...
-
- P.S., I'm not sure that the ``cause'' of assuring the freedom of the net2
- code would not be better served by FTPing it from someplace or getting
- a tape from Vix, or doing something that does not require your signing
- *any* licence agreement. Sending a ``donation'' to Jolitz would not hurt
- either.
-
- P.P.S. After reading the suit and interrogatories, I, for one, am convinced
- that USL's ultimate goal is the suppression of *all* free BSD code, and that
- BSDI is just a convienent ``point of attachment'' for them to begin this
- task... From this point of view, helping BSDI does not hurt, but it may
- not help...
-
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