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From: kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: AT&T Claims patent on part of MIT's X11 server.
Message-ID: <1991Feb25.154715.9834@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov>
Date: 25 Feb 91 15:47:15 GMT
References: <9102231551.AA01386@lightning.McRCIM.McGill.EDU> <KABOOM.91Feb23080841@lady-day.media-lab.media.mit.edu>
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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Does this really surprise anyone?  After all, the LABEL file distributed 
with the source contains the following:

         X Window System, Version 11
                  Release 4

            contents copyrighted by

     Massachusetts Institute of Technology
          Adobe Systems, Inc.
         Apollo Computer Inc.
         Apple Computer, Inc.
********* AT&T, Inc. **************
          Don Bennett
           Bigelow & Holmes
        Bitstream, Inc.

I'm not a lawyer, but I think AT&T might have a tough time enforcing
this patent.

-- 
Kaleb Keithley                        kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov

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