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- From: jds@cs.umd.edu (James da Silva)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.mach
- Subject: Re: BNR2SS, Mach, and The Lawsuit (was Re: GNU kids on the block?)
- Message-ID: <59917@mimsy.umd.edu>
- Date: 27 Aug 92 00:45:03 GMT
- References: <59908@mimsy.umd.edu> <1992Aug26.205942.23188@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> <RWD.92Aug26182604@ERNST.MACH.CS.CMU.EDU>
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- Organization: University of Maryland, Department of Computer Science
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- Randall Dean rwd+@CS.CMU.EDU writes:
- >While we are not about to stop anyone who already has a copy from using
- >BNR2SS, we are no longer distributing it. CMU is not willing to risk
- >getting drawn into a lawsuit over this. By stopping distribution as soon
- >as the lawsuit with BSDI and CSRG went public, we can claim that we acted
- >in good faith and never knowingly distributed AT&T code.
-
- Damn. Looks like AT&T/USL has already won if a place with as deep pockets
- and as long a history/reputation in the university Unix community as CMU is
- backing off rather than standing behind Berkeley. I hope for your sakes
- USL doesn't later decide Mach3 and any derived products are a threat to its
- revenue stream.
-
- Note that I can't really blame CMU: Maryland would almost certainly do the
- same thing. This whole system of legal extortion and intimidation sucks
- rocks.
-
- Thanks for the note, Randall.
- Jaime
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