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From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!!!
Keywords: AT&T 'Death Star' rises over BSDI's horizon [Tel. 1-800-800-4BSD
Message-ID: <3674@vidiot.UUCP>
Date: 22 Jul 92 02:06:42 GMT
References: <l6nibgINNje6@neuro.usc.edu>
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout
Lines: 17
In article <l6nibgINNje6@neuro.usc.edu> merlin@neuro.usc.edu (merlin) writes:
<
<All in all, this filing by a corporate giant with virtually unlimited funds
<for legal expenses would seem to spell the doom of 'free' UNIX projects as
<they are presently conceived. There is simply too much risk someone with a
<prior exposure to AT&T source codes could manage to contaminate the product.
<
<Sigh, AJ
Sigh is right. It is virtually impossible to not have had access to a Unix
system in one's career of computer science. If that is allowed to stand,
AT&T will win every time. Yuch.
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