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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!mips!mips!sdd.hp.com!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!raven!rcd From: rcd@raven.eklektix.com (Dick Dunn) Subject: Re: LPF's position on USL vs. BSDI lawsuit Message-ID: <1992Aug12.042545@eklektix.com> Summary: useful bit of history here Organization: eklektix - Boulder, Colorado References: <FRIEDMAN.92Aug11055203@nutrimat.gnu.ai.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 04:25:45 GMT Lines: 17 an excerpt from friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Noah Friedman), relevant to the current USL attack...here's one more thing I hope doesn't get lost in the shuffle: > UCB made assiduous efforts to avoid including any AT&T code in the > NET2 release, and this included several attempts over a period of > years to ask USL whether they regarded certain programs as in any > way violating their copyrights or trade secrets. USL refused to > answer. I believe it's actually "AT&T and USL refused"; I recall this happening before USL existed. As I recall, this was discussed at USENIX BSD BoFs at least as long ago as the BSD BoF in San Diego (1/89). Anyone recall if it was longer ago than that? -- Dick Dunn rcd@raven.eklektix.com -or- raven!rcd Boulder, Colorado Cats!