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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!decwrl!pa.dec.com!jac.nuo.dec.com!decvax.dec.com!jtkohl From: jtkohl@zk3.dec.com (John Kohl) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: BSD demon? Date: 19 Aug 1993 13:04:24 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 14 Message-ID: <24vtoo$uo@jac.nuo.dec.com> References: <1993Aug18.082118.726@resonex.com> <19185@blue.cis.pitt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: mountain.zk3.dec.com In-reply-to: tml@pitt.edu's message of 18 Aug 93 20:30:54 GMT In article <19185@blue.cis.pitt.edu> tml@pitt.edu (Tom Link) writes: > The same suit asks that the BSD code be removed from System V. Well, not quite. It asks that USL/whoever update their documentation and publicity to give proper credit, and *failing that*, to revoke the license. As others have commented, it's most likely a disguised request to settle the cases between the parties. Kinda like patent cross-licensing (you license all ours, we'll license all yours, we drop the suits, no cash settlement, and the lawyers get salaries from us :-). -- John Kohl <jtkohl@zk3.dec.com> or <jtkohl@mit.edu> working for but not representing: Digital Equipment Corporation What are you pretending not to know?