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- From: erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp)
- Subject: Re: BSDI/USL Lawsuit -- More Bad News for Human Beings...
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- References: <1993Jan22.005910.9864@choate.edu>
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.050526.22773@unislc.uucp>
- Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 05:05:26 GMT
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- Thor Lancelot Simon (lancelot@spock.uucp) wrote:
-
- : I can do you one better. I've had access to AT&T Unix sources for at least four
- : years. I've examined fairly closely, and at times modified, bits-n-pieces of
- : the V7 and 32V kernel source. I've also worked with the 4.3 kernel guts, though
- : not as much. However:
- :
- : I'm a minor. So I'm not bound by any contractual obligation, to AT&T or anyone
- : else. If USL is still working on the trade-secret angle in their lawsuit, I
- : or others like me will, once we hit the mainstream of the computer industry,
- : be exactly the type of legal conduit for information that removes trade-secret
- : protection. I doubt that USL has the legal resources to fight with the common
- : law...
-
- The problem with that is that whoever gave you access to the source can be sued
- (and successfully, I might add) for giving you such access, because you are not
- an adult, and cannot enter into a legal binding contract - this is a clear
- violation of the AT&T licensing agreement.
- --
- Ed Carp erc@apple.com, erc@saturn.upl.com 801/538-0177
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- "It is your resistance to 'what is' that causes your suffering." -- Buddha
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