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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!cs.utexas.edu!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: <1992Aug01.093223.21631@tpki.toppoint.de> Date: 1 Aug 92 09:32:23 GMT References: <l6nibgINNje6@neuro.usc.edu> <1992Jul21.152007.1126@news2.cis.umn.edu> <1992Jul30.174414.28488@kas.helios.mn.org> Organization: Toppoint Mailbox e.V. Lines: 14 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 <1992Jul30.174414.28488@kas.helios.mn.org> rhealey@kas.helios.mn.org (Rob Healey) writes: > In other words, he used models for OS concepts that originated > in UNIX(tm). The system calls, the library calls, the utility As another poster stated, these concepts were not entierely developed by AT&T or in Berkeley. Many of these concepts were taken from other, older systems and incorporated into UNIX because they did fit. 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