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Re: more copyright issues



Peter Makholm <peter@makholm.net> writes:

> tb@becket.net (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) writes:
> 
> > The advertising clause is usually thought not to be enforceable in the
> > United States, but it definitely is in the UK.
> 
> Well, didn't AT&T believe it was enforceable in US back with Net/2 (I
> believe it was).

I certainly want to take BSD's side in the lawsuit, but the AT&T
position on this (in the US too) has been agreed to by many lawyers.
The first amendment generally prohibits you from adding that kind of
licensing rule is what I was told.



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