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From: John McNamee 
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Unix trade secret
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Date: Sat, 12-Jan-85 19:12:40 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 12 19:12:40 1985
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I know a university that allows the public to access their Vax. There
is a guest account with an easily guessed password. From this account
you can download the entire 4.2Bsd source code using umodem.

I'm sure AT&T could sue the university and win. The question is what could
AT&T do if Joe Random called up, downloaded the Unix kernel, and then put it
on a BBS? Sure they could sue this person and keep him in court for years,
but could they win?

Any legel minds on the net care to comment on this situation?
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