Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 02:03:12 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MacOS X , FreeBSD, UNIX and kleenex Message-ID: <3CE618D0.77679884@mindspring.com> References: <86D234B0-68FE-11D6-93D6-0003931BED80@shire.net> <3CE40852.EB497039@mindspring.com> <p05100315b90bc334b1c3@[192.168.254.205]>
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Rich Morin wrote: > At 12:28 PM -0700 5/16/02, Terry Lambert wrote: > >Apple has such a source license, and so they are grandfathered, > >as long as they include some of the code on the machine (A/UX). > > Maybe so, but if they use that rationale, aren't they opening > themselves up to paying a per-user fee for the use of the code > in a binary distribution? No. They bought it out before the royalties went up. A/UX is actually based on SVR3, nor SVR4. There are other issues which would end up making it a difficult case, and a P.R. nightmare for whoever bought the suit. Have you been following the "Windows/Lindows" case? It seems that it now hinges on whether or not "Windows" is even defensible out of common use (USPTO denied it in 1991, after 7 years). -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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