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From: mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum)
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Subject: Re: PD UUCP, does it exist?
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Date: 2 Feb 91 20:32:08 GMT
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 mra@srchtec.uucp (Michael Almond) writes:

>However, the 4.2BSD uucp is public domain.  I got my copy from uu.psi.com
>in the /src directory.  I've install and am using it on a DECsystem 3100
>running Ultrix 4.1.

	I just took a look at a copy of that, and some of the comments
are verbatim the same as the AT&T copyrighted version. I suspect that not
only is that code not public domain (BSD code is not PD, though it is
freely available) I suspect that code is AT&T proprietary and a trade
secret, to boot.

	I don't believe the guys are Berkeley have re-written uucp, I
do know they have extended and improved it - there's a difference.

mjr.
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	Lutraphiles unite!