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From: jr+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Jonathan Rosenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: ATT Licensed code contained in X11R2 Distribution
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Date: 12 Jul 88 15:24:01 GMT
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[From: rick@seismo.css.gov  (Rick Adams), Date: 14 Jun 88 19:05:14 GMT]

> The X.V11R2 files:
>       contrib/andrew/overhead/libmail/dbm.c
>       contrib/andrew/overhead/libmail/dbm.h
>       server/os/hpux/dbm.c
>       server/os/hpux/dbm.h

> are clearly derived from code covered by ATT license (despite the IBM
> copyright notice on the Andrew files...).

We inadvertently released the dbm files in `contrib/andrew/overhead/libmail/'.
(The copies in `server/os/hpux' are not ours -- did someone else make the same
mistake?)  The contents of these files are not needed by any of the released
programs.

> If you don't have an ATT V7 (or greater) source license, you should
> (legally anyway) remove those files from your system

Unfortunately, if you just delete those 2 files your next build will run into
trouble, because the files are mentioned in Makefile's.  We have just released
patch files to MIT that will zap the contents of the 2 files.  The announcement
of these patches will appear soon on the `info-andrew-bugs' mailing list (send
requests for subscription to `info-andrew-bugs-request@andrew.cmu.edu).

Sorry for the sloppiness.  Rick: thanks for noticing & bringing it to our
attention.

Jonathan Rosenberg
Manager, Andrew Message System Group