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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!olivea!uunet!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!uniol!tpki.toppoint.de!kris From: kris@tpki.toppoint.de (Kristian Koehntopp) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!!! Keywords: AT&T 'Death Star' rises over BSDI's horizon [Tel. 1-800-800-4BSD] Message-ID: <1992Jul28.093757.2711@tpki.toppoint.de> Date: 28 Jul 92 09:37:57 GMT References: <l6nibgINNje6@neuro.usc.edu> <1992Jul21.142631.14517@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <mcuddy.711795634@fensende> <l6rld6INN3dh@neuro.usc.edu> Organization: Toppoint Mailbox e.V. Lines: 19 X-Copyright: (C) Copyright 1992 Kristian Koehntopp -- All rights reserved. Reproduktion, auch auszugsweise, ausserhalb elektronischer, nichtkommerzieller Datennetze nur mit ausdruecklichem, schriftlichem Einverstaendnis des Autors. X-Excuse: X-Copyright wegen Emma, Suedwestpresse und /C'T/DISKUSSIONEN. In <l6rld6INN3dh@neuro.usc.edu> merlin@neuro.usc.edu (merlin) writes: >This isn't just AT&T vs. BSDI -- it's AT&T vs. the academic community which >produced most of the intellectual property which makes the 'AT&T UNIX' and >'Berkeley UNIX' compatible operating systems so valuable today -- virtual >memory management, interprocess communication, networking, fast filesystems, >efficient compilers -- and all of the other things which weren't contained >in the Bell Research 32V system turned over to UC Regents so many years ago. So then: Can anyone who has developed such valuable concepts sue AT&T for using them and integrating them into their product on the very same grounds? Kristian -- Kristian Koehntopp, Harmsstrasse 98, FRG W-2300 Kiel, +49 431 676689 "AT&T --- anything better is illegal." -- Keith Lofstrom, comp.unix.bsd, "AT&T sues BSDI" thread