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From: scs@iti.org (Steve Simmons)
Subject: Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!!!
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References: <1992Jul21.104627.3353@mel.dit.csiro.au> <1992Jul21.131433.16450@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> <1992Jul30.173606.28357@kas.helios.mn.org> <1992Aug2.115421.20230@bohra.cpg.oz.au>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1992 13:43:10 GMT
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als@bohra.cpg.oz.au (Anthony Shipman) writes:

>rhealey@kas.helios.mn.org (Rob Healey) writes:

>>	Be glad you don't have to deal with our excuse for a legal system...

>Unfortunately it does affect us in the outside world.  The US government
>attempts to force its ideas on copyright law and patents on other countries
>using all the arm-twisting means at its disposal.

Please folks, let's not get into colorism between the pots and the kettles.
If you want to *do* something about the problem with USL vs the AT&T
regents, buy some BSDI and write letters.  Don't waste time defaming
each other governments and legal systems.
-- 
"If life were fair, the acquisition of a large bosom or a massive inheritance
 would have no bearing on your ability to attract the opposite sex, and Dan
 Quayle would be making a living asking runny-nosed children, `Do you want
 fries with that?'"     -- John Cleese