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From: jym@sgi.com (Administration Training Course)
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Subject: Re: AT&T Claims patent on part of MIT's X11 server.
Message-ID: <1991Feb25.233326.3064@odin.corp.sgi.com>
Date: 25 Feb 91 23:33:26 GMT
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In article <1991Feb25.154715.9834@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov> kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley) writes:
>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.

Could someone at AT&T comment on this issue?

jim t