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From: sander@carroll1.cc.edu (Scott B. Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Legal status of NetBSD
Date: 28 Jul 1994 16:59:48 -0500
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bogstad@rhombus.cs.jhu.edu (Bill Bogstad) writes:

>claims which would at least allow them to reach a trial.  I believe that the
>case between BSD and USL (or BSDI and USL) were never actually tried so there
>is no legal precedent here.  It's not even clear to me if the final legal
>agreements reached are even available to the public.  Given that neither

>				A happy Linux user,
>				Bill Bogstad
>				bogstad@cs.jhu.edu

Novell (USG) and BSDI *DID* go to court, the ruling (uncontested
by either side) was that BSDI had to use BSD 4.4lite code and
no code which ATT owned, just like the NetBSD agreement, only on
a different time table.  No fines or damages were awarded, and BSDI
plans on a Thanksgiving (USA) release for its next version.

Scott Anderson
sander@carroll1.cc.edu