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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!mips!mips!newsun!mwalker From: mwalker@wc.novell.com (Mel Walker) Subject: Re: AT&T sues BSDI Message-ID: <1992Jul23.001332.25125@novell.com> Sender: usenet@novell.com (The Netnews Manager) Nntp-Posting-Host: optics Organization: Novell, Inc. - Walnut Creek References: <118@netwrk.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 00:13:32 GMT In article <118@netwrk.UUCP> rt@MAGEC.COM (P.A. Marshall x8330) writes: > >>vixie@pa.dec.com (Paul A Vixie) writes: >>> [If AT&T is that worried about everyone having a license, why haven't they >>> gotten uunet/dec/etc. to pull the Net-2 sources out of the public archives?] >> >>i'm sure that if they win their court case, they will try very hard to do that > >and > >>eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (Othman Ahmad) writes: >>In article <1992Jul21.104627.3353@mel.dit.csiro.au> >> smart@wanda.mel.dit.CSIRO.AU (Robert Smart) writes: >> >>: This is insanity. Surely this will be thrown out of court. >>Who is going to defend NET/2? > > >In the past some postings to this newsgroup have been critical of the >approach BSDI has taken with BSD. IMHO, now is the time to put all >these feelings aside and stand by BSDI. If BSDI goes down we stand >to lose our access to a 'free' BSD (possibly to any free Un*x). >In a posting by Mike MacKenzie (mm@mentor.cc.purdue.edu) it was >suggested that we might change our phone service from AT&T to another >carrier, IMO a fine idea, but let's make sure AT&T gets the word on >why users are switching (Ideas anyone?). Write them a letter. Or give them a call. Since their a phone company, you should probably use the mail. <g> > Now here I go, sticking my butt into the line of fire. Many a >business has gone under fighting legal battles that eat up both time >and money. It is to our advantage to help (if possible) BSDI win this >battle-- If BSDI wins, this silly question of 'have you ever seen a >fragment of AT&T code' will be over, moot, done. However if AT&T wins >then the same question can be asked of any other free Un*x, and there is >only one place that this can end... *no* free Un*x. There is one way we >can help BSDI in this battle with the Death Star, money, buy a copy of >BSD from BSDI. If you were thinking of doing it some day, if you were >going to talk the boss into getting a copy, what ever, do it now. I >have placed my money were I think my interest in 'free' Un*x can best be >served in this battle and placed my order (1.800.800.4BSD) for a copy. > >Keep Unix Free, or Wish You Had. > >I am not connected in any way with or have any interest in BSDI. >-- >Al Marshall >rt@magec.com Standard Disclaimer... >netwrk!rt -- +------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ + Mel Walker | ******** Dave Barry for President ********* + + mwalker@optics.wc.novell.com | "He may be a Homicidal Axe Murderer, but at + + | least he won't raise your taxes!" +