From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen) Subject: Re: BSD Unix aka Freedom is a myth.... Date: 24 Jul 1992 14:24:04 GMT
In article <LYNCH.92Jul23182147@flubber.cc.utexas.edu>, lynch@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Tom Lynch) writes:
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| I wonder if it is worthwhile to take up a collection to help
| fight the ATT lawyers. I would hate to see another 'look and feel'
| type of outcome. Jeeze, these lawyers could convince a computer
| ignorant jury that anything using a keyboard and CRT is an ATT copy
| of unix.
Before you start doing this better get the facts. The fact that AT&T
has not gone after other vendors is interesting, and from what I read in
other groups the suit is not as broad as people seem to think, but
rather based on some specific portions of code.
I'm not a big ATT supporter (other than financially), but as long as
the law protects software from copying I will support the law. Let's get
someone to list the actual legal details, *then* decide if they need
help or got caught with a hand in the cookie jar.
--
bill davidsen, GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8; Schenectady NY 12345
It never ceases to amaze me that otherwise rational people, able to
understand calculus, compound interest, and the income tax form, can
continue to believe that poker is a game of chance.