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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!unido!adagio!grog From: grog@adagio.UUCP (Greg Lehey) 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: <1823@adagio.UUCP> Date: 23 Jul 92 17:10:45 GMT References: <1992Jul21.142631.14517@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <mcuddy.711795634@fensende> <1992Jul22.212903.29537@gateway.novell.com> Organization: LEMIS, Schellnhausen 2, W-6324 Feldatal, Germany Lines: 23 In article <1992Jul22.212903.29537@gateway.novell.com> terry@npd.Novell.COM (Terry Lambert) writes: >*** prediction alert *** prediction alert *** prediction alert *** > >I think that AT&T will win; not on the merits of reality, but on the merits >of their arguments. It will be difficult, without educating the judge to >the point of a CS degree, to draw the distinctions necessary to prove >non-infringement by BSDI. It certainly *looks* like BSDI is infringing >to a layman, and that's what the judge will be. Well, I sincerely hope you're wrong; but I also believe you will be. Certainly AT&Ts win/lose situation won't be based on `the merits of reality', but on the other hand they have so far not been able to give a single example of where the alleged infringement is. I don't believe they want to win; they're playing this court case relatively low-key, and I suspect their motives are more to keep BSDI from doing real work (like a production release of BSD/386) and to keep potential customers away. That way, they don't need to win. -- Greg Lehey | Tel: +49-6637-1488 LEMIS | Fax: +49-6637-1489 Schellnhausen 2, W-6324 Feldatal, Germany *** NOTE ***: Headers are mangled - reply to grog%lemis@Germany.EU.net