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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Minix use of setuid
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Date: Mon, 6-Jul-87 19:48:44 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul  6 19:48:44 1987
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>Did ast or Prentice-Hall license the use of setuid from AT&T?  It is patented,
>as most of you probably know.  Or is Minix in technical violation of the
>patent?

Neither, I would think:  AT&T formally renounced licensing and royalties on
that patent some years ago.  (More specific reference available with some
digging, if desired.)
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Mars must wait -- we have un-         Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
finished business on the Moon.     {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,pyramid}!utzoo!henry