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From: ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis)
Subject: Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!!!
In-Reply-To: mike@pacsoft.com's message of 23 Jul 92 17:05:18 GMT
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References: <1992Jul22.163407.10823@Warren.MENTORG.COM> <1331@pacsoft.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 16:20:44 GMT
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Mike> == Mike Stefanik <mike@pacsoft.com>
Mike> Of course. Since USL has it's fingers in (nearly) all of the
Mike> pies, they really don't care who you buy the end product from ...
Mike> they *are* getting a piece of the action with every sale.
Except, of course, for sales made by companies that don't have to pay
USL for a license...like BSDI. (Gee, how coincidental...)
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