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From: wjolitz@soda.berkeley.edu (William F. Jolitz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: AT&T sues BSDI
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Date: 22 Jul 92 19:23:02 GMT
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In article <1821@adagio.UUCP> grog@adagio.UUCP (Greg Lehey) writes:
>....
>The real issue here is, of course, not the source. AT&T must know
>about Bill Jolitz; according to the text here, he's guilty of the same
>`crime'....

To put any concerns to rest, we have not been contacted by anyone
regarding our 386BSD code, nor have we heard anything negative about the
386BSD releases. As 386BSD is intended for the research and educational
communities and is freely available (not proprietary), all code we have 
written is fully disclosed. In addition, methodology is published and 
available for review in major magazines. In fact, this project has been 
public knowledge for over three years now.

Please refrain from using inflammatory words such as "crime" with respect to
386BSD and the developers, as we are not involved in this matter.  We have 
no relationship with BSDi or CSRG, nor do we condone the actions of any
party involved in this dispute.

BTW, patches should be out in a few days, if we can ever get through mail.

Bill and Lynne Jolitz.