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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!taronga!peter From: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!!! Message-ID: <8IQH3S9@taronga.com> Organization: Taronga Park BBS References: <1992Jul21.104627.3353@mel.dit.csiro.au> <1992Jul21.131433.16450@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> <2cHS02Pi1bvx01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 18:18:46 GMT Lines: 11 In article <2cHS02Pi1bvx01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> gab10@griffincd.amdahl.com (Gary A Browning) writes: >What can happen is a precedent that goes against using the NET/2 >sources in a working O/S. (or, of course, AT&T could try to sue >UCB. But I doubt it, since it is going to be hard to explain why >they waited all these years). Since the source has been available for FTP for at least 3 years, and a smaller subset available for even longer, how can they possibly prosecute? Trade secrets, like trademarks, *have* to be defended to be retained. -- Peter da Silva, Taronga Park BBS, Houston, TX +1 713 568 0480/1032