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From: nick@quay.ie (Nick Hilliard)
Subject: Re: UCB Sues USL
Message-ID: <Aug08.140838.4714@quay.ie>
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1993 14:08:38 GMT
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Pete French (pete@ohm.york.ac.uk) wrote:
: > 	       (e)  For an Order that the BSD Agreements will
: > terminate and USL will be requited to immediately destroy 4.2 BSD, 4.3
: > BSD, and 4.3 BSD-Tahoe and all copies thereof and USL shall cease use
: > and sublicensing thereof as provided in Paragraph 2 of the BSD
: > Agreements if USL fails to provide proper credit and recognition to the
: > University.

: Ummm... does this mean the withdrawal of all copies of SysV ? That would
: put the cat amongst the pidgeons a bit really wouldn't it ?o

Naah - it's just legal scaremongering. I wouldn't bet too much that that
particular petition is going to be granted -- USL would give anything
rather than have that happen.

Still, you've gotta admire UCB for sticking up for their rights like this.

: -bat.
: -- 
: -Pete French. (the -bat. )    -+  Me copula... ailuropoda melaolenca est !
: Adaptive Systems Engineering   |
:                                +- Aithneoinn aigneoig amhain aigneoig eile.
         |-------------------------------------------------^
Should this be here? - I always thought it was "Aithneoinn aigneog aigneog
eile". The "amhain" is just overkill. :-)

Cheers,
Nick
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