Re: Has USR licenced comos? (fwd)

MegaZone (megazone@livingston.com)
Tue, 27 May 1997 13:56:12 -0700 (PDT)

Once upon a time Jake Messinger shaped the electrons to say...
>> Yes, this is true. It's based on ComOS 3.1.4. USR's continued use of
>> code based on Livingston code was the reason Livingston sued USR last
>> fall.
>
>Why? Because they did not stick to the terms of the licence? Which is
>what? Maintain the same compatibility as Livingston?

The license expired and they continued to use the code. We sued them,
they counter-sued with some pointless claim which really was "WAH! If
we stop using it we're screwed!"

We settled out of court with an extension on the license and some other
changes which we considered favorable.

>Sounds like they dont know what the heck they are doing. Does the Total
>Control do a lot more than the PM 3?

Less actually.

-MZ

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