Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!sce!xicom!alex
From: alex@xicom.uucp (Alex Laney)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Remote remote dump program - I blew it
Summary: Berkeley might let you release it as is.
Keywords: rrdump COPYRIGHTS!
Message-ID: <1989Dec22.142721.28636@xicom.uucp>
Date: 22 Dec 89 14:27:21 GMT
References: <1957@eric.mpr.ca>
Reply-To: alex@xicom.UUCP (Alex Laney)
Organization: Xicom Products Group, Ottawa, Ont. Canada
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In article <1957@eric.mpr.ca> parker@zaphod.mpr.ca (Ross Parker) writes:
>For those that have written to me expressing interest in getting
>a copy of my 'remote remote dump' program, well, I'm feeling a little
>ashamed of myself at the moment. I was just looking through the code
>to see if it all looked ok to send out, and quickly realized that I
>had forgotten that I used some Berkeley code in it... specifically the
>'rlogin' protocol machine. As such, I can't release the code at the
>moment.

A lot of Berkeley networking code is 'public-domain.' The uunet
archives might have a copy of the same code you are referring to, in
which case it is okay to release. But you should call up UCB CSRG
and ask. Maybe someone at Berkeley can clarify?

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Alex Laney, Xicom Group, National Semiconductor, Ottawa, Canada (613) 728-9099
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