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From: boneill@hawk.ulowell.edu (SoftXc Coordinator)
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Subject: Re: Phil Katz (PKARC author) sued by SE
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Date: 18 Jun 88 22:04:05 GMT
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I don't believe Phil Katz did (or could) use the source code to SEA's ARC. I
corresponded some time ago with Vern Buerg, the author of ARC, about the
source code to ARC 5.21, hoping to create a UNIX port. He told me that
almost all the code was in MASM, which would not be easily portable. He did,
however, point me to Phil Katz, whose PK[X]ARC programs were written in C.
He doesn't seem to have any grudge against Phil, but he doesn't hold the
copyright. SEA does, and obviously they think Phil did something.

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