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From: kris@tpki.toppoint.de (Kristian Koehntopp)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!!!
Keywords: AT&T 'Death Star' rises over BSDI's horizon [Tel. 1-800-800-4BSD
Message-ID: <1992Aug01.093223.21631@tpki.toppoint.de>
Date: 1 Aug 92 09:32:23 GMT
References: <l6nibgINNje6@neuro.usc.edu> <1992Jul21.152007.1126@news2.cis.umn.edu> <1992Jul30.174414.28488@kas.helios.mn.org>
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In <1992Jul30.174414.28488@kas.helios.mn.org> rhealey@kas.helios.mn.org (Rob Healey) writes:
>	In other words, he used models for OS concepts that originated
>	in UNIX(tm). The system calls, the library calls, the utility

As another poster stated, these concepts were not entierely
developed by AT&T or in Berkeley. Many of these concepts were
taken from other, older systems and incorporated into UNIX
because they did fit.

Kristian
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"AT&T --- anything better is illegal."
	-- Keith Lofstrom, comp.unix.bsd, "AT&T sues BSDI" thread