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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!caen!uvaarpa!cv3.cv.nrao.edu!laphroaig!cflatter From: cflatter@nrao.edu (Chris Flatters) Subject: Re: AT&T/USL CD-ROM Review Process Message-ID: <1992Dec14.181906.8513@nrao.edu> Sender: news@nrao.edu Reply-To: cflatter@nrao.edu Organization: NRAO References: <1992Dec14.165913.6896@fcom.cc.utah.edu> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 18:19:06 GMT Lines: 17 In article 6896@fcom.cc.utah.edu, terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes: >Second, Linux is arguably more like SVR3 (and by extension SVR4) than >386BSD; this, I believe, puts it in more danger of censure. The thing >that has protected Linux so far is its international (non-US) origin. >This is not something USL has to worry about forever, it's simply an >inconvenience to prosecution, not a barrier. If a judgement were given >regarding copyright infringement by Linux against USL's materials, it >wouldn't matter that the judgement occurred in the US; Linus' government >would be forced by the Berne convention to uphold the judgement. Linux is in less danger of censure than 386BSD since Linux was developed from scratch without the use of code that is potentially contaminated by code covered by a USL license. Although Linux is similar to System V at the interface level its kernel design is quite different. Chris Flatters cflatter@nrao.edu