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From: jtkohl@cs.Berkeley.EDU (John T Kohl)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!!!
Date: 21 Jul 1992 17:20:45 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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In-reply-to: merlin@neuro.usc.edu's message of 21 Jul 1992 01:23:12 -0700

In article <l6nibgINNje6@neuro.usc.edu> merlin@neuro.usc.edu (merlin) writes:

> BSDI's motion to dismiss and subsequent press releases argue that AT&T has
> not made out an adequate case of copyright infringement -- and -- therefore
> cannot maintain their claim of false advertising or unfair competition 
> until they prove what BSDI would like to say is a simple copyright claim.  

Well, by my reading, BSDI's motion to dismiss is based on the paucity of
facts cited by AT&T in the complaint.  Specifically, the complaint does
not specifically identify a component (or components) of NET/2 which
allegedly infringe AT&T's intellectual property rights.  The motion to
dismiss cites civil code procedure, claiming in effect that the lack of
specificity of the complaint requires the dismissal.
--
John Kohl <jtkohl@cs.berkeley.edu>
UC Berkeley CS grad student
Member of the League for Programming Freedom--details: league@prep.ai.mit.edu
(The above opinions are MINE.  Don't put my words in somebody else's mouth!)