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From: lyndon@ampr.ab.ca (Lyndon Nerenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: AT&T sues BSDI
Summary: We don't give a shit; we're The Phone Company
Message-ID: <85@ampr.ab.ca>
Date: 23 Jul 92 07:34:08 GMT
References: <QUANSTRO.92Jul21140234@lars.StOlaf.edu> <1992Jul21.235727.4693@unislc.uucp>
Organization: Alberta Packet Radio Network
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erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp) writes:

> The bottom line is that, if AT&T wins, any piece of code that any programmer
> has written or will write that contains even the slightest hint of containing
> "intellectual property" of AT&T (such as "for(i=0;i<XYZ; i++)") will be
> claimed by AT&T as derivitive of that so-called "intellectual property".

Hrumph! I worked at a shop with a SVR3 source license. I guess I really
wanted to get out of this damned business anyway.

> Oops ... I just did it, didn't I? :)

I'm still looking for a bass player :-)