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From: rcd@raven.eklektix.com (Dick Dunn)
Subject: Re: AT&T sues BSDI
Message-ID: <1992Jul24.004536@eklektix.com>
Organization: eklektix - Boulder, Colorado
References: <1992Jul22.221515.23550@tfs.com> <1992Jul23.173248@eklektix.com> <1992Jul23.180514.26289@cshl.org>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 00:45:36 GMT
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pjm@cshl.org (Pat Monardo) writes:
><1992Jul23.173248@eklektix.com> rcd@raven.eklektix.com (Dick Dunn) writes:
>>...USL hasn't moved against Net 2, which sure looks like
>>tacit approval to me...so let's make sure it's everywhere.  My own opinion

>didn't i read here that USL *IS* going after Net 2!?

Only indirectly.  But my wording was poor in any case...

>I recall something to the effect that since BSDI is based on Net 2,
>AT&T is challenging BSDI's claim that an AT&T license is not necessary.

Yes, USL is challenging BSDI's claim.  (BSDI's claim, of course, is just
a reiteration of the claim UC Berkeley made in making the Net 2 code
available.)

But what I meant is that USL has not (as far as I know) made any attempt to
stop the distribution of Net 2.  Right now, this very instant, you can
reach out and touch any of several ftp sites to get a copy of Net 2.  It's
pretty weird--that they're not complaining about the source of the unre-
stricted distribution (CSRG) but they complain about someone else (BSDI)
redistributing it.  I don't claim I understand it; all I'm saying is that
it *appears* they don't want to restrict Net 2 _per_se_.
-- 
Dick Dunn    rcd@raven.eklektix.com   -or-   raven!rcd    Boulder, Colorado
   ...A clear analysis of any situation is often mistaken for pessimism.