Greg Pomerantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > They are also not enforceable in the US. > > > > > > Can you please provide a citation for this? I've never been able to come > > > up with one. > > > > This is what I know from Eben Moglen; I would ask him if he can give > > you more exact citations. Also maybe look at the briefs that AT&T > > filed in the BSD v. AT&T lawsuit. > > As far as I know, AT&T never addressed the issue in the BSD suit. > Berkeley did not raise the issue until the California state court > countersuit, which was not filed until shortly before the settlement > (with Novell). Besides, AT&T had no real argument on that point -- they > got their license to Berkeley Unix under a signed contract (which, as > far as I know, was how everybody got Berkeley Unix in those days).
UCB countersued on the grounds that AT&T had violated the advertising clause, and AT&T apparently raised some of these issues.
