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- From: cflatter@nrao.edu (Chris Flatters)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Re: AT&T/USL CD-ROM Review Process
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.181906.8513@nrao.edu>
- Date: 14 Dec 92 18:19:06 GMT
- Article-I.D.: nrao.1992Dec14.181906.8513
- References: <1992Dec14.165913.6896@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
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- In article 6896@fcom.cc.utah.edu, terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes:
- >Second, Linux is arguably more like SVR3 (and by extension SVR4) than
- >386BSD; this, I believe, puts it in more danger of censure. The thing
- >that has protected Linux so far is its international (non-US) origin.
- >This is not something USL has to worry about forever, it's simply an
- >inconvenience to prosecution, not a barrier. If a judgement were given
- >regarding copyright infringement by Linux against USL's materials, it
- >wouldn't matter that the judgement occurred in the US; Linus' government
- >would be forced by the Berne convention to uphold the judgement.
-
- Linux is in less danger of censure than 386BSD since Linux was developed
- from scratch without the use of code that is potentially contaminated by
- code covered by a USL license. Although Linux is similar to System V at
- the interface level its kernel design is quite different.
-
- Chris Flatters
- cflatter@nrao.edu
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