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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
Subject: Re: [Re: Catch What They're Saying About Us...]
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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 20:12:27 GMT
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In article <2390@adagio.lemis.uucp> grog@lemis.uucp (Greg Lehey) writes:
>1. Do you believe that BSDI genuinely and deliberately included AT&T
> code in BSD/386?
I don't know. I don't have BSDI to compare. I *do* have AT&T sources
available to me (through several licenses) and what I have seen so far,
except for cpio, which AT&T released into the public domain, neither Net/2
nor 386BSD have AT&T code in them.
>2. Do you know anybody who believes it?
Not to be a dork, but AT&T believes it. I don't know which dbm BSDI is
using, but there is one that has AT&T tables in it, anyway.
>Before anybody gets the wrong idea, I am myself in no doubt that this
>claim is incorrect. I also believe it reflects very badly on UNIX
>Magazin that they have published this claim: it's possible that BSDI
>could sue them for it unless they can prove the claim.
This is doubtful, unless there is some provision of German law that would
validate their claim... but of course you said "could sue" rather than
"could sue and win", so you're probably correct.
I'd have to say that in my opinion a large amount of what UNIX Magazin
publishes reflects badly on it. But maybe that's just me... I have the
same unwarranted problem with the National Enquirer. 8-).
Terry Lambert
terry_lambert@npd.novell.com
terry@icarus.weber.edu
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