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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA195 ; Fri, 29 Jan 93 11:00:31 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!spool.mu.edu!hri.com!noc.near.net!uunet!unislc!erc From: erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: BSDI/USL Lawsuit -- More Bad News for Human Beings... Message-ID: <1993Jan28.050526.22773@unislc.uucp> Date: 28 Jan 93 05:05:26 GMT References: <1993Jan22.005910.9864@choate.edu> Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC Lines: 22 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6] Thor Lancelot Simon (lancelot@spock.uucp) wrote: : I can do you one better. I've had access to AT&T Unix sources for at least four : years. I've examined fairly closely, and at times modified, bits-n-pieces of : the V7 and 32V kernel source. I've also worked with the 4.3 kernel guts, though : not as much. However: : : I'm a minor. So I'm not bound by any contractual obligation, to AT&T or anyone : else. If USL is still working on the trade-secret angle in their lawsuit, I : or others like me will, once we hit the mainstream of the computer industry, : be exactly the type of legal conduit for information that removes trade-secret : protection. I doubt that USL has the legal resources to fight with the common : law... The problem with that is that whoever gave you access to the source can be sued (and successfully, I might add) for giving you such access, because you are not an adult, and cannot enter into a legal binding contract - this is a clear violation of the AT&T licensing agreement. -- Ed Carp erc@apple.com, erc@saturn.upl.com 801/538-0177 "It is your resistance to 'what is' that causes your suffering." -- Buddha