* [TUHS] Mentally Contaminated
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@ 2017-01-04 17:22 ` David
2017-01-04 17:23 ` Clem Cole
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From: David @ 2017-01-04 17:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
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> What made Linux happen was the BSDi/UCB vs AT&T case. At the time, a
> lot of hackers (myself included) thought the case was about *copyright*.
> It was not, it was about *trade secret* and the ideas around UNIX. * i.e.*
> folks like, we "mentally contaminated" with the AT&T Intellectual Property.
>
Wasn’t there a Usenix button with the phrase “Mentally Contaminated” on it?
I’m sure I’ve got it around here somewhere. Or is my memory suffering from
parity errors?
David
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2017-01-04 17:22 ` [TUHS] Mentally Contaminated David
@ 2017-01-04 17:23 ` Clem Cole
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From: Clem Cole @ 2017-01-04 17:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Yes, i have one somewhere
On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 12:22 PM David <david at kdbarto.org> wrote:
>
> What made Linux happen was the BSDi/UCB vs AT&T case. At the time, a
> lot of hackers (myself included) thought the case was about *copyright*.
> It was not, it was about *trade secret* and the ideas around UNIX. *
i.e.*
> folks like, we "mentally contaminated" with the AT&T Intellectual
Property.
>
Wasn’t there a Usenix button with the phrase “Mentally Contaminated” on it?
I’m sure I’ve got it around here somewhere. Or is my memory suffering from
parity errors?
David
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