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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:14528 comp.os.386bsd.misc:3094 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!MathWorks.Com!news2.near.net!das-news.harvard.edu!spdcc!merk!rmkhome!rmk From: rmk@rmkhome.com (Rick Kelly) Subject: Re: Legal status of NetBSD - NeXT Organization: The Man With Ten Cats Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.386bsd.misc References: <MYCROFT.94Jul24025605@duality.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <310j8t$gl4@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> <310u0n$krt@rhombus.cs.jhu.edu> <3199ok$kq5@carroll1.cc.edu> <31rudm$he4@wombat.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au> <Cu3Axu.Azy@rex.uokhsc.edu> Message-ID: <9408081715.27@rmkhome.com> Reply-To: rmk@rmkhome.com (Rick Kelly) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 22:15:28 GMT Lines: 20 Benjamin Z. Goldsteen (ben@rex.uokhsc.edu) wrote: : chrisb@cssc-syd.tansu.com.au (Chris Bitmead) writes: : >sander@carroll1.cc.edu (Scott B. Anderson) writes: : >Out of interest, how did NeXT get out of being sued? Isn't it based on : >bsd? Did they not use any disputed code or what? : I believe they licensed AT&T (or whatever) a long time ago. Just because : they use BSD doesn't mean they didn't pay AT&T... What some people may not realize, is that possession of any valid AT&T license from 32V to the present is all that is required for pre-i386 BSD code. -- Rick Kelly rmk@rmkhome.com rmk@bedford.progress.com