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From: wendel@edge.UUCP (Mike Wendel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Propriety of non-AT&T code in BSD; another tip(1c) suggestion
Message-ID: <834@edge.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 24-Jun-87 02:31:14 EDT
Article-I.D.: edge.834
Posted: Wed Jun 24 02:31:14 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 28-Jun-87 11:35:54 EDT
References: <2071@emory.UUCP> <6947@mimsy.UUCP> <1075@bobkat.UUCP> <670@vixie.UUCP>
Organization: Edge Computer Corporation, Scottsdale, AZ
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Keywords: rlogin tip cu
Summary: TIP did not originate at UCB


TIP(1c) was originally written by  Sam Leffler while he was employed by
Sytek. This was prior to his tenure at UCB. It was extended by many people
in its early days (prior to its being CONTRIBUTED to the UCB distribution).
Primary contributors included myself (when I was A General Instrument Corporate
R&D) and Bill Shannon (now at SUN, then at DEC).

At that time, only us source licensees were playing with this stuff and 
it didn't matter if AT&T code was involved. The only possible AT&T code in
tip would be that regarding the device locking conventions to co-exist with
UUCP. Other than that, the rest was all original work of the unix community
existing outside of AT&T. 

So much for history. Back in those days, just trying to figure out how uucp
worked (without source) was considered a violation (or near violation) of
AT&T's proprietary interest in UNIX.

	Mike Wendel
	Vertex Computer Consultants
	Mesa, Arizona 85202
	602-267-7055