1003.2 Command Groups (Really UUCP protocol)
std-unix at ut-sally.UUCP
std-unix at ut-sally.UUCP
Sat Feb 7 17:57:31 AEST 1987
It was suggested that someone could read the UNIX source code and then
publish a document on the uucp protocols without violation of copyright.
That would let the rest of the world freely implement uucp-compatible
systems.
It may be true that copyright wouldn't be violated (although in this
scenario you might be walking a thin line), but this would certainly
violate the UNIX source code license agreement. The license is a contract
between AT&T and the person receiving the source code. Among other
things, it calls for the protection of the source code as a trade
secret. As a trade secret, the methods used as well as the actual
code are both protected. You can reverse engineer by looking at the
behavior of a binary system or by reading the published documents, but
you can't reverse engineer by reading the source code without violating
the license agreement.
/Michael Tilson, HCR Corporation
/{utzoo,...}!hcr!mike
Volume-Number: Volume 9, Number 52
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