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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
Subject: Re: 386BSD vs BSDI
Message-ID: <1993Mar10.212035.2217@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
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References: <1993Mar3.120727.11788@igor.tamri.com> <1n5nhf$k5d@agate.berkeley.edu> <1993Mar5.204926.10567@igor.tamri.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 93 21:20:35 GMT
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In article <1993Mar5.204926.10567@igor.tamri.com> jbass@igor.tamri.com (John Bass) writes:
>yes a UNIX interfaced IS published ... for SVR4 ... which is very
>different than V7/32V .... this doesn't allow UCB/BSD to retroactively
>apply the interface back to an older product where the interface is NOT
>published. Had UCB/CSRG upgraded their code to a SVR4 interface this
>would be a completely different argument.
Gotta disagree with you John, even if it puts me in a minority... ;-).
I can apply any published interface to any system, boat, frog, or toaster.
If the new interface mathes the old interface, it's damn well published.
Even were this not the case, your argument that header files don't constitute
publication frees UCB of responsibility -- after all, if USL's header files
aren't publishing, then neither are UCB's. The logical conclusion is that
USL copyrights aren't even required.
Publishing code which uses an unpublished interface doesn't document the
interface. You're telling me that all streams drivers document all aspects
of streams?
In either case, I don't accept your "unpublished interfaces" argument on
the grounds of the implied tautology.
Terry Lambert
terry@icarus.weber.edu
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