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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!kirk!bambi From: bambi@bu.oz.au (David J. Hughes) Subject: Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!!! Message-ID: <1992Jul22.011439.246@kirk.bu.oz.au> Keywords: AT&T 'Death Star' rises over BSDI's horizon [Tel. 1-800-800-4BSD Organization: ITS, Bond University References: <l6nibgINNje6@neuro.usc.edu> Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 01:14:39 GMT merlin@neuro.usc.edu (merlin) writes: >The bottom line is that AT&T claims NET2 is contaminated with intellectual >property misappropriated from AT&T -- perhaps not direct copies of source >code -- but at least ways of doing things (trade secrets) -- and therefore >any system derived from NET2 requires an AT&T source code license [it used >to be about $10,000 to get an AT&T source license]. The threat is twofold By this somewhat wide definition, AT&T could also claim that anyone who has read either Bach or Lefler et al. has a knowledge of the way things are done and as such cannot work on a kernel without use of AT&T intellectual property. Oh well, there goes about 99% of the UNIX community. The sooner this is thrown out of court the better. ___ David J. Hughes bambi@bu.oz.au / \ / / / / __/ __ __ ____/ / / __ Senior Network Programmer / \ / \ / \ / / / / / \ / Comms Development & Operation \____/ \__// / \__/ \___/ / / / AUSTRALIA (+61 75 951450)