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From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: BSD lawsuit question.
Date: 26 Jul 1994 22:01:34 GMT
Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman  Montana
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References: <1994Jul24.205056.23692@cc.usu.edu> <michaelv.775146623@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> <CtJov8.J6y@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
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In article <CtJov8.J6y@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>,
Richard Tobin <richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>In article <michaelv.775146623@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon) writes:
>>No, all copies of *FreeBSD* will have to be removed, because FreeBSD
>>1.x is based on the BNR2/4.3BSD code, which is legally encumbered.
>
>No, the FreeBSD will have to remove all their copies of FreeBSD,
>because they have agreed with USL to do so.  No-one who hasn't made
>such an agreement has to, but some people might do so out of fear of a
>lawsuit from USL.

Richard hit the nail on the head.  No-one who has not made an agreement
with USL must remove their copy of FreeBSD from the sites.  However,
FreeBSD as an entity is neither encouraging nor discouraging sites to
delete FreeBSD 1.x, though we have made an agreement to do so.

I know of sites outside of the U.S. who are NOT going to delete their
copies of 1.X since they still have Net/2.  They have not been
approached by USL, so why delete something they have no reason to?


Nate
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