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Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 00:13:03 -0800
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> The issue of tainting didn't come up from our point of view
> with MINIX, nor in several other situations (e.g. Idris, or
> the Mark Williams Coherent system).  It was clearly enough an
> independent implementation of described mechanisms.
> Nevertheless Tanenbaum and Plauger were both cautious
> in providing some visible distance in their specifications.

Richard Dawkins introduced the concept of memes, which are to ideas
what genes are to physical attributes.  It is true that the genes
weren't from UNIX but the memes were.

P.S.
Idris had suid bit/mechanism. In their manuals, Whitesmiths
acknowledged and thanked WE for the use of the patent.
Can't remember if either MINIX or Coherent had it.