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From: jbuck@galileo.berkeley.edu (Joe Buck)
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Subject: Re: Use of BSD 4.3 source
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Date: 3 Jan 91 18:49:44 GMT
References: <1991Jan3.050048.5153@mel.dit.csiro.au> <1991Jan3.165855.21113@gsm001.uucp> <1261:Jan317:51:0091@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <10009@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
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Following up my own article -- I wrote
|> The safe way to use 4.3bsd source as if it were public domain is to get the
|> files off of uunet (ftp from uunet.uu.net) under the directory bsd-sources.

Pardon me for repeating the common misuse of "public domain".  The files in
question are not public domain, they have copyrights.  However, the conditions
are very generous, they are much like the conditions for X11 sources.

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Joe Buck
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