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From: tal@Warren.MENTORG.COM (Tom Limoncelli)
Newsgroups: alt.suit.att-bsdi,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: UNIGRAM's article on the USL-BSDI suit
Message-ID: <1992Aug7.200342.13878@Warren.MENTORG.COM>
Date: 7 Aug 92 20:03:42 GMT
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I think Bill Davidsen's analogy is the best so far, at least
it agrees the best with how I interpret all the documents
published so far.
In <1992Aug6.163425.3373@ornl.gov> de5@ORNL.GOV (Dave Sill) writes:
>In article <1992Aug6.135607.5620@crd.ge.com>, davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen) writes:
>>And the original foundation was replaced, beam by beam, block by block,
>>nail by nail, until nothing was left but Tony's materials, pretty much in
>>the shape of the original foundation. Then Tony said "I'm quitting
>>building, but I'm going to give away the whole house, because it's all
>>mine now."
>This is the crux of the matter, I think: Was it a block-by-block
>replacement, was it a new design meeting the same specs, or a hybrid?
I predict this is what the lawsuit will be about. Most likely it will
define the fine line that can be the difference between "block-by-block
replacement" and "a new design meeting the same specs" and decide if
the former is legal. (the later is legal if you are Phoenix, but not
if you are Lotus, but that's another story).
Tom
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