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From: doug@edson.UUCP (Doug Konrad)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Phil Katz (PKARC author) sued by SEA (ARC author)
Summary: &^%$%^&$$%*@@#%^!! lawyers
Message-ID: <130@edson.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jun 88 19:15:23 GMT
References: <8084@brl-smoke.ARPA> <1755@looking.UUCP>
Organization: Dept. of E.E., U of Alberta, Edmonton,Canada
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In article <1755@looking.UUCP>, brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) writes:
> 
> Why this nasty reaction?  Isn't this for the judge to decide?  I don't
> know if PKware used any of SEA's code, and I suspect they didn't, but if
> they did, then they deserve to pay through the nose.


Unfortunately, the most likely outcome is that the lawyers will decide. From
what has been written about Phil Katz's resources, if he loses, he loses. If
he wins, his lawyers will win. Either way, Phil is out a whole lot of money.