Xref: utzoo news.admin:2958 news.sysadmin:791 comp.sources.wanted:4478 comp.sources.d:2401 comp.unix.xenix:2608 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!killer!vector!rpp386!pigs!haugj From: haugj@pigs.UUCP (Joe Bob Willie) Newsgroups: news.admin,news.sysadmin,comp.sources.wanted,comp.sources.d,comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: Please remove PD-YACC sources from your machine IMMEDIATELY Summary: Sending sources to AT&T for their inspection. Message-ID: <235@pigs.UUCP> Date: 5 Jul 88 19:31:21 GMT References: <3532@rpp386.UUCP> <135@dcs.UUCP> Reply-To: haugj@pigs.UUCP (Joe Bob Willie) Organization: Chuck Jr. Fan Club Lines: 38 Name: Chairman of the Bored In article <135@dcs.UUCP> wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul) writes: >1. Are they reacting to the _name_ YACC, or did they look at the actual > files John had on his system and determine that they consisted of > or contained AT&T-owned source? i don't know. otis wilson is out of town, and i suspect only he knows. i doubt they picked the code up from me, more likely they are aware the posting shouldn't have been made from previous inquiries. of course, i may be wrong. for everyone's information, the source was obtained from killer's comp.unix.sources archive as i recall. you might want to check your machine if you archive comp.unix.sources. >2. If they are reacting to the name YACC, does this mean that they ARE > moving towards considering the names of *NIX utilities their property > which no-one else may use? If so, where does this leave such products > as MINIX, MKS, etc.? no, they seem to be aiming at the source itself, or possibly the ideas contained in the source. i'm not certain. i don't know how this will affect unix-like utilities. it may affect clones which are not exact source ripoffs, but say, used the exact same algorithms. for example, a yacc clone which built a lalr(0) parser identical to the real yacc might be more in danger than one which built a lr(0) or lr(1) parser. >It might be useful if Mr. Wilson of AT&T could address these two questions; >he or his colleagues obviously read news or they would not have known about >John's posting. in speaking with someone at at&t software licensing i learned that they do not have netnews access. so, mr. wilson will not be reading about this on the net. - john. -- Joe Bob Willie Big "D" Oil and Gas UUCP: ...!killer!rpp386!jfh jfh@rpp386.uucp :DOMAIN **** Trivia question of the day: VYARZERZIMANIMORORSEZASSEZANSERAREORSES? **** "You are in a twisty little maze of UUCP connections, all alike" -- fortune