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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!mips!mips!sdd.hp.com!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!uunet!hela.iti.org!hela.iti.org!scs From: scs@iti.org (Steve Simmons) Subject: Re: UNIGRAM's article on the USL-BSDI suit Message-ID: <scs.712849744@hela.iti.org> Sender: usenet@iti.org (Hela USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: hela.iti.org Organization: Industrial Technology Institute References: <1992Aug1.020513.14170@plts.uucp> <l7k4u1INNgbc@neuro.usc.edu> Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1992 13:49:04 GMT Lines: 25 merlin@neuro.usc.edu (merlin) writes: >Perhaps the people at UNIGRAM don't understand what they have been >reading? I clearly denied all of AT&T's supposed claims including: > o AT&T's claimed trademark on UNIX > o AT&T's claimed copyright on 4.3BSD-NET2 > o AT&T's claimed patents in 4.3BSD-NET2 > o AT&T's claimed trade secrets in 4.3BSD-NET2 Perhaps you should read the complaints more carefully before flying off the handle at UNIGRAM for failing to understand what they read. In no available complaint does USL claim patent violation. >My principal point was that AT&T's long failure to enforce any of >it's supposed intellectual property rights in the 4.3BSD-NET1 and >4.3BSD-NET2 codes transfered these claims into the public domain. While personally I agree with you, historically disputes over such things are settled in the courts. -- "If life were fair, the acquisition of a large bosom or a massive inheritance would have no bearing on your ability to attract the opposite sex, and Dan Quayle would be making a living asking runny-nosed children, `Do you want fries with that?'" -- John Cleese