Re: SUN Agreement

"Jeffrey I. Schiller" <jis@mit.edu> Thu, 06 April 1995 16:41 UTC

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From: "Jeffrey I. Schiller" <jis@mit.edu>
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At 18:18 4/5/95, Vinton G. Cerf wrote:
>I don't think the changes alter the basic intent - they
>just clarify that only the specs and not the implementations
>are being transferred.

What does this mean? Specifically does this change imply that vendors who
implement the specs might have to be individually licensed from Sun?

                                -Jeff