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From: grog@adagio.UUCP (Greg Lehey)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: AT&T sues BSDI
Message-ID: <1824@adagio.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jul 92 17:19:55 GMT
References: <1992Jul21.030532.10307@kithrup.COM> <1821@adagio.UUCP> <14kcimINNcr5@agate.berkeley.edu>
Organization: LEMIS, Schellnhausen 2, W-6324 Feldatal, Germany
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In article <14kcimINNcr5@agate.berkeley.edu> wjolitz@soda.berkeley.edu (William F. Jolitz) writes:
>In article <1821@adagio.UUCP> grog@adagio.UUCP (Greg Lehey) writes:
>>....
>>The real issue here is, of course, not the source. AT&T must know
>>about Bill Jolitz; according to the text here, he's guilty of the same
>>`crime'....
>
>To put any concerns to rest, we have not been contacted by anyone
>regarding our 386BSD code, nor have we heard anything negative about the
>386BSD releases. As 386BSD is intended for the research and educational
>communities and is freely available (not proprietary), all code we have 
>written is fully disclosed.

That's what I expected.

>Please refrain from using inflammatory words such as "crime" with respect to
>386BSD and the developers, as we are not involved in this matter.  We have 
>no relationship with BSDi or CSRG, nor do we condone the actions of any
>party involved in this dispute.

Bill, don't get me wrong. Note the `' around the word `crime'. I don't
believe you have done anything wrong, and I don't believe BSDI have
done anything wrong. But AT&T is claiming that Net 2 contains AT&T
licensed material. Under those circumstances, whether you like it or
not, you *are* involved in this matter, and they could theoretically
sue you as well. The intention of my post was to suggest that AT&T
isn't interested in doing that, and thus show what the real motives
for their action are.

>
>BTW, patches should be out in a few days, if we can ever get through mail.

Keep up the good work.
-- 
Greg Lehey                       | Tel: +49-6637-1488              
LEMIS                            | Fax: +49-6637-1489
Schellnhausen 2, W-6324 Feldatal, Germany
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