10 Oct
2019
10 Oct
'19
9:31 a.m.
Was patent department that first used Unix on PDP-11
and roff (~1971)
same department that would later handle Unix licensing two years later?
(~1973)
No. The former was the BTL legal and patent department. The latter was
at AT&T (or perhaps Western Electric).
Doug
10 Oct
10 Oct
9:49 a.m.
New subject: History talk in Dallas Texas October 10
On Wed, Oct 9, 2019, 9:32 PM Doug McIlroy <doug(a)cs.dartmouth.edu> wrote:
I know all the later contracts were with western electric... we have them
due to the bsd/at&t lawsuit, right?
Warner
Was patent
department that first used Unix on PDP-11 and roff (~1971)
same department that would later handle Unix licensing two years later?
(~1973)
No. The former was the BTL legal and patent department. The latter was
at AT&T (or perhaps Western Electric)
10:21 a.m.
New subject: History talk in Dallas Texas October 10
On Wed, Oct 9, 2019, 9:49 PM Warner Losh <imp(a)bsdimp.com> wrote:
On Wed, Oct 9, 2019, 9:32 PM Doug McIlroy <doug(a)cs.dartmouth.edu> wrote:
I know all the later contracts were with western electric... we have them
due to the bsd/at&t lawsuit, right?
Ah, Berkeley's contract for Oct 73 is with Western Electric.
Warner
Was
patent department that first used Unix on PDP-11 and roff (~1971)
same department that would later handle Unix licensing two years later?
(~1973)
No. The former was the BTL legal and patent department. The latter was
at AT&T (or perhaps Western Electric)
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