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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!mips!mips!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!crdgw1!newsun!gateway.novell.com!terry From: terry@npd.Novell.COM (Terry Lambert) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!!! Message-ID: <1992Aug3.154038.16112@gateway.novell.com> Date: 3 Aug 92 15:40:38 GMT References: <1992Jul28.060822.29603@serveme.chi.il.us> <Bs9nLo.I2n@cs.psu.edu> <1992Jul31.220644.25857@zip.eecs.umich.edu> Sender: news@gateway.novell.com (NetNews) Organization: Novell NPD -- Sandy, UT Lines: 19 Nntp-Posting-Host: thisbe.eng.sandy.novell.com In article <1992Jul31.220644.25857@zip.eecs.umich.edu> gilgalad@sparky.eecs.umich.edu (Ralph Seguin) writes: >I went to school. I learned things. I read books. Since I read those >books, and those books contained concepts, I should be sued if I should >ever come up with an idea of my own. :) >It is utterly ridiculous for AT&T, USL or anybody else to say that >you are unable to think creatively after seeing something else. Actually, if the contamination theory is correct (as opposed to just "holding" legally), it's quite possible that viewing USL source code could destroy your ability to think creatively... if nothing else, it would probably put you off your food for a while. ;-) ;-). Terry Lambert terry_lambert@gateway.novell.com terry@icarus.weber.edu --- Disclaimer: Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.