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- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Path: sparky!uunet!uunet.ca!cognos!dealwisb
- From: dealwisb@cognos.com (Brian de Alwis)
- Subject: Re: I wonder, did AT&T backstab BSDI?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.220927.2278@cognos.com>
- Summary: Mach & BSD & NextStep
- Keywords: AT&T speculation lawsuit BSDI
- Organization: Cognos Incorporated, Ottawa CANADA
- References: <1992Jul28.153750.8395@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 22:09:27 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul28.153750.8395@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> knight@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Knight of the Living Dead) writes:
- >If so, Steve Jobs at NeXT may find MACH being charged with having
- >unlicenced BSD-like code that is property of AT&T.
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- If memory serves me correctly, NeXTStep is based on Mach 2.5 (or
- 2.3?), which requires an AT&T license. So NeXT should be safe.
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- +++BdA
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