Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site circadia.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!circadia!dave From: dave@circadia.UUCP (dave) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards,net.legal Subject: : Re: yacc: public domain? (flame on) Message-ID: <132@circadia.UUCP> Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 02:25:29 EST Article-I.D.: circadia.132 Posted: Tue Jan 15 02:25:29 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 16-Jan-85 05:30:05 EST Organization: Quest Research Inc., Burnsville, MN Lines: 21 Xref: watmath net.unix-wizards:11522 net.legal:1307 > I seriously doubt that a court would interpret agreeing to abide > by the university's rules and regulations, which are generally explicit and > published in a booklet, as agreeing to abide by every contract the university > ever signed. > > -- > Geoff Kuenning > ...!ihnp4!trwrb!desint!geoff To my mind, it doesn`t matter if AT&T still has LEGAL control over UNIX; I think, especially with V6, they have lost their trade-secret protection. Does this mean that we should go ahead and use UNIX without compensation to AT&T? I think not. The lawyers, out there, might want each corporation to abide by whatever the legal code says, but I think what is missing from the system is a sense of "Right and Wrong"; one does not take his neighbors automobile because he left the keys in it. -- *** The opinions expressed above are not actually opinions, but *** are FACTS which may or may not pertain to the subject at hand. Dave Messer ...inhp4!stolaf!umn-cs!circadia!dave