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In article <C13yAn.BC@vuse.vanderbilt.edu> drl@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (David R. Linn) writes:
>Actually, the adjective used to describe the current status of the
>setuid bit is "dedicated".  I spoke to D. Richie about this patent
>at the Nashville USENIX and, as I recall, he indicated that the patent
>was AT&T's (does Bell Labs retain all patents of its researchers?)
	     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
	Don't ALL corporations??  This is one of the problems with 
	current intellectual property laws.  Engineers have to sign
	away the contents of their heads (and the tools of their
	trade in many cases) if they want to work.