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Re: AT&T Archives: The UNIX Operating System
« on: July 02, 2013, 03:08:13 AM »
Yep, since AT&T and Bell Labs were a legal monopoly under strict federal supervision Unix probably should be a public domain commodity.
After all, a great deal of development was done at publicly funded higher education institutions.
Still pisses me off thinking about how SCO tried to use legal intimidation tactics to strip mine funds from the rights to this intellectual property.
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Re: AT&T Archives: The UNIX Operating System
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2013, 03:31:09 PM »
Quote from: nicholas;739600
Perhaps a petition should be started on whitehouse.gov?  I'd sign it if wasn't a Limey. :)

That is one of the great things (that remain) about the US, even 'Limeys' are allowed to express their opinions.
Thanks for bringing this up Nik.

Unix and the Internet - two things I watched develop during my High School and early college years via contact with local schools.

Yep, we pretty much paid for it, and now don't own it.
Frustrating.
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