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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!usc!sdd.hp.com!mips!newsun!gateway.novell.com!terry From: terry@npd.Novell.COM (Terry Lambert) Subject: Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!!! Message-ID: <1992Jul27.164228.28312@gateway.novell.com> Sender: news@gateway.novell.com (NetNews) Nntp-Posting-Host: thisbe.eng.sandy.novell.com Organization: Novell NPD -- Sandy, UT References: <1331@pacsoft.com> <1992Jul24.165236.10937@Warren.MENTORG.COM> <1992Jul24.185653.3196@kithrup.COM> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 16:42:28 GMT Lines: 34 In article <1992Jul24.185653.3196@kithrup.COM> sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) writes: >In addition, OSF specifically licensed parts of the SysVr3.x code from USL >in order to include it in OSF/1. Specifically, the STREAMS code, as there >were no such things in the original Mach code. > >If OSF/1 becomes based on Mach3.0, *and* the UNIX servers are written from >scratch, or based on ones that do not contain any USL code (such as the >Net/2 based one, although that would be as debatable as BSDi's product), >*then* purchasing an OSF/1 system might not cause in any license fees to >USL. > >Buying Motif from OSF results in USL making $0, true, but that is an >entirely different kettle of fish. Buzzzzzzz. 1) SysVr3.x has got to be SVR3.2 or later. It didn't include streams prior to that. 2) OSF has licensed Mentat streams for inclusion, not AT&T. The code is un-AT&T-encumbered, and runs on many diverse platforms (for instance, it also runs on VMS). 3) OSF/2 is the beast of interest, and it is based on Mach 3.0. 4) Doesn't AT&T have patents on BLIT that effect Motif? Terry Lambert terry_lambert@gateway.novell.com terry@icarus.weber.edu --- Disclaimer: Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.