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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!gatech!uflorida!mailer.cc.fsu.edu!loligo!rhillman From: rhillman@loligo.cc.fsu.edu (Richard Hillman (HRS-Mike Wheaton)) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,alt.suit.att-bsdi Subject: Re: UNIGRAM's article on the USL-BSDI suit Keywords: at&t bsdi Message-ID: <1992Aug4.123412.22827@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> Date: 10 Aug 92 11:57:36 GMT References: <25138@dog.ee.lbl.gov> <1992Aug3.143259.23897@crd.ge.com> <1992Aug3.161015.7120@doc.ic.ac.uk> Sender: Richard Hillman (rhillman@loligo.cc.fsu.edu) Lines: 11 re: comparing bodies of code Since a third party would see similarities between BSDi's code and AT&T's code perhaps a body of code which both parties agree on as being non-AT&T derived should be used as a model for gauging which similarities are ok and which are not. Perhaps Linux or Minix would be suitable since they are unencumbered by AT&T code, and yet since will bare any of the similarities that any *ix like operating system would have. Richard rhillman@loligo.cc.fsu.edu