Subject: Re: Caldera's lawsuit against Microsoft

From: [email-masked] (Bruce Perens)
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 96 21:12 PDT

From: Ian Jackson <[email-masked]>

> I'm just posting here on what's really an irrelevant topic to say that
> I think it's a very good thing that someone is challenging Microsoft.

The terms of the suit require MS to give _Caldera_ details of APIs. Not
the general public, just Caldera. MS can still keep them under non-disclosure,
and Caldera would have to honor the terms of an NDA approved by the court.

So, I'm not sure this does a thing for people who write free software.

	Bruce

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From: "Brian C. White" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 12:04:46 -0400

> and Caldera would have to honor the terms of an NDA approved by the court.

I noticed this too.  It could just be necessary to make the lawsuit
plausible, but I'm not so sure.

					Brian
                               ( [email-masked] )

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