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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!mips!mips!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!uunet!mcsun!uknet!icdoc!citycs!sb380 From: sb380@cs.city.ac.uk (Andy Holt) 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: <sb380.711882282@fred> Date: 23 Jul 92 09:04:42 GMT References: <l6nibgINNje6@neuro.usc.edu> <3674@vidiot.UUCP> Sender: news@city.cs (News) Organization: City University Lines: 11 In <3674@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes: > 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. But that could wreck any AT&T claim to "trade secret" status - I suspect _far_ too many people have seen the code for such a claim to stand. Andy Andy Holt // City University Computer Unit