4 Jan
2017
4 Jan
'17
11:22 p.m.
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