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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!gumby!destroyer!uunet!mcsun!uknet!cf-cm!news From: spedpr@thor.cf.ac.uk (Paul Richards) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!!! Message-ID: <12369.9207311742@thor.cf.ac.uk> Date: 31 Jul 92 17:42:30 GMT References: <1992Jul21.104627.3353@mel.dit.csiro.au> <1992Jul21.131433.16450@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> <1992Jul30.173606.28357@kas.helios.mn.org> Sender: news@cm.cf.ac.uk (Network News System) Organization: University of Wales College at Cardiff Lines: 29 X-Mailer: Cardiff Computing Maths PP Mail Open News Gateway In article <1992Jul30.173606.28357@kas.helios.mn.org> rhealey@kas.helios.mn.org (Rob Healey) writes: | Just to remind the non-US audience, this legal action is being | done in the US so by definition of the US legal system NOTHING | is insane or absurd because the US "legal" system IS insane and | absurd. This comes from lawyers controlling the legal, judicial, | legistative and executive branches of the US government, i.e. a | complete monopoly, to make the government and law infinitely complex | and absurd. | | Be glad you don't have to deal with our excuse for a legal system... | | -Rob As a matter of interest, since this case is taking place in the US, what effect will it have on us non-US users. For instance, I don't see how they could possibly get back copies of NET-2 from non-US sites or for that matter, recall copies of BSDI from outside the US. Since I know nothing about law, let alone international law, I could be completely and utterly wrong of course. As far as 386bsd is concerned, even if the Jolitz's are sued the project could always be based around sites outside the US so its future seems pretty safe. Of course I could be wrong about this too. -- Paul Richards at Cardiff university, UK. spedpr@uk.ac.cf.thor Internet: spedpr%thor.cf.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk UUCP: spedpr@thor.cf.UUCP or ...!uunet!mcsun!ukc!cf!thor!spedpr +++