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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!uknet!festival!edcogsci!richard From: richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) Subject: Re: *BSD ILLEGAL??? Message-ID: <CoGt7A.I2J@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> Organization: HCRC, University of Edinburgh References: <2ok76t$h81@Mercury.mcs.com> <1994Apr16.225327.13287@belvedere.sbay.org> <CoGp7p.3IM@waterloo.hp.com> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 17:13:56 GMT Lines: 25 In article <CoGp7p.3IM@waterloo.hp.com> alex@waterloo.hp.com (Alex Dumitru) writes: >While I don't think it's *illegal* to have it or use it, I wonder what the >policy is for those of us that have source trees that incorporate the >Net/2 distribution, and allow others to browse them and/or download stuff. The only reason to worry is if you think that USL might sue you. There's no reason to suppose that they would, nor that they'd win if they did. On the other hand, you probably couldn't afford to fight the case. The settlement with UCB and BSDI *does not* mean that Net/2 is in any way subject to any restrictions by USL. It merely means that UCB and BSDI have agreed not to distribute it, in return for USL accepting the free-ness of 99% of Net/2, which will be released as 4.4-Lite. The legal situation for everyone not party to the lawsuit is completely unchanged. Where possible, it will probably make sense to replace any publically available copies of Net/2 with 4.4-Lite when it becomes available. -- Richard -- Richard Tobin, HCRC, Edinburgh University R.Tobin@ed.ac.uk "Your monkey has got it right, sir." - HHGTTG