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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!wupost!ukma!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!ucbvax!virtualnews.nyu.edu!brnstnd From: brnstnd@nyu.edu (D. J. Bernstein) Newsgroups: alt.suit.att-bsdi,comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: UNIGRAM's article on the USL-BSDI suit Message-ID: <5042.Aug412.31.0892@virtualnews.nyu.edu> Date: 4 Aug 92 12:31:08 GMT Article-I.D.: virtualn.5042.Aug412.31.0892 References: <1992Aug3.143259.23897@crd.ge.com> <7045@skye.ed.ac.uk> <KANDALL.92Aug4161214@globalize.nsg.sgi.com> Organization: IR Lines: 20 In article <KANDALL.92Aug4161214@globalize.nsg.sgi.com> kandall@nsg.sgi.com (Michael Kandall) writes: > I find this (legal, or not) ``stealing'' of ideas reprehensible. If no code has been copied, then both CSRG and BSDI have been quite honest about the origin of the ideas. They've given credit where credit is due. There's nothing reprehensible about using other people's ideas. > It > is also contrary to the spirit of Open Systems. Don't be ridiculous. > As a company, what > incentive do I have Read prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/lpf/laf-fallacies.texi.Z. People in this country have always had a *right* to copy except in some extraordinarily limited circumstances. ---Dan