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From: graham@hparc0.HP.COM (Graham Eddy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: SLIP for hpux available
Message-ID: <1510010@hparc0.HP.COM>
Date: 29 Sep 90 13:21:38 GMT
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woops, sorry about that previous response/glitch..

> >>The SLIP (Serial Line IP) code which has been previously mentioned in
> >>this news group is available for anonymous ftp
> > 
> >HP has requested that I not make this code publically available. 

> care to comment WHY?

my, my, a suspicious mind..  my understanding is that it includes
copyrighted code (to AT&T or someone) and cannot be made available
to those without appropriate legalese stuff, a point not immediately 
realised by the parties involved but swiftly corrected once known

-graham "my opinions are my own"