Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mtxinu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!unisoft!mtxinu!ed From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards,net.legal Subject: Re: yacc: public domain? Message-ID: <239@mtxinu.UUCP> Date: Sun, 6-Jan-85 23:16:52 EST Article-I.D.: mtxinu.239 Posted: Sun Jan 6 23:16:52 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 9-Jan-85 01:45:03 EST References: <6779@brl-tgr.ARPA> <2114@umcp-cs.UUCP> <1276@orca.UUCP>, <288@desint.UUCP> <4866@utzoo.UUCP> Organization: mt Xinu, Berkeley, CA Lines: 18 Xref: watmath net.unix-wizards:11402 net.legal:1238 > Whether it is in the public domain in practice is another story. Quite > possibly one could argue that illicit access to Unix materials, including > sources, is so common that AT&T cannot realistically claim that the > stuff is secret any more. The problem is, AT&T would fight such a > contention tooth and nail, and being right is not comforting when you > are facing a legal battle of that magnitude and expense. > -- > Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology > {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry Henry's hit the nail right on the head. Most of us aren't willing to take this (probably small) risk because of the potentially enormous (probably out of business) expense. -- Ed Gould mt Xinu, 739 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94710 USA {ucbvax,decvax}!mtxinu!ed +1 415 644 0146 (I'd rather not be parochial.)