*BSD News Article 18277


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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: 4.4BSD Release
Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!think.com!spdcc!merk!rmkhome!rmk
From: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Organization: The Man With Ten Cats
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1993 06:39:37 GMT
Reply-To: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Message-ID: <9307120139.38@rmkhome.UUCP>
References: <iss30as@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com> <20251@smoke.brl.mil> <21juef$ri6@agate.berkeley.edu>
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In article <21juef$ri6@agate.berkeley.edu> bostic@toe.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Keith Bostic) writes:
>In article <20251@smoke.brl.mil> gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes:
>>In article <iss30as@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com> vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com (Vernon Schryver) writes:
>>>The SVR3 and SVR4 source includes a lot of BSD source, but not
>>>a lot of references to the Regents of the University of California.
>>
>>As I heard it, this was the result of an earlier deal worked
>>out between UCB and AT&T, giving the latter rights to the
>>former's software as compensation for some infringement on
>>the rights of the latter.  Somebody will undoubtedly correct
>>me if this is not the case..
>
>I've never heard of any such arrangement.  I believe that
>USL/AT&T/Novell is required to credit the University of
>California for the 4BSD software that they ship, and I don't
>think that they do.
>
>My favorite is the System V ABI that includes a member of the
>CSRG's birthday (as a file system magic number), but fails to
>mention the University of California in any way.
>
>--keith
>

Ah, but some of the SVR4 stuff snuck in under a Sun copyright.

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Rick Kelly    rmk%rmkhome@merk.com    merk!rmkhome!rmk    rmk@frog.UUCP