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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA7254 ; Mon, 18 Jan 93 10:50:46 EST Xref: sserve comp.org.eff.talk:11765 comp.unix.bsd:10190 comp.unix.wizards:28273 comp.org.usenix:3138 Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.wizards,comp.org.usenix Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!haven.umd.edu!decuac!pa.dec.com!decprl!decprl!boyd From: boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts) Subject: Re: BSDI/USL Lawsuit -- More Bad News for Human Beings... Message-ID: <1993Jan19.224307.22194@prl.dec.com> Sender: news@prl.dec.com (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: spooky.prl.dec.com Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Paris Research Laboratory References: <1jd307INNlf6@chnews.intel.com> <C0yK27.9Ly@csn.org> <1ja6bgINNh23@chnews.intel.com> <BZS.93Jan16205935@world.std.com> <1jdibnINN52u@usenet.pa.dec.com> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 22:43:07 GMT Lines: 31 In article <1jdibnINN52u@usenet.pa.dec.com>, ed@weir.pa.dec.com (Ed Gould) writes: > > Whether the 32/V release is protected by copyright is one of the > primary issues in the case. As I understand things, it hinges on the > technical definition of "publication." USL claims that 32/V (and > other systems that they released at that time) were not published > works, hence they were not covered by the copyright law at the time. Yeah 32V. We (ie. people I worked with 5 years _before_ I joined Digital) did a lot of good stuff with 32V. Turned it into the fastest 780 on the face of the planet after a lot of good work by a handful of people, over a few years. In those days, computers were _computers_. I added copy-on-write into 32V, so can I claim that USL have stolen _my_ intellectual property with their _pitiful_ attempts in V.[234]? I guess I could, as long as I could pay the lawyer's fees. Anyway, any information you could glean from System V would only server as object lessons in how _not_ to write operating systems; perhaps USL's lawyers realise this too... * Now before we all go crazy and say ``oh, he works for Digital'' I should state that my eclectic set of beliefs stem from my stance on what is good and what is not. Boyd Roberts boyd@prl.dec.com I think you here me knocking, and I think I'm coming in... I'm already wearing the Bullet-Proof T-shirt.