John McNamee <jpm@bnl.ARPA> (01/13/85)
I know a university that allows the public to access their Vax. There is a guest account with an easily guessed password. From this account you can download the entire 4.2Bsd source code using umodem. I'm sure AT&T could sue the university and win. The question is what could AT&T do if Joe Random called up, downloaded the Unix kernel, and then put it on a BBS? Sure they could sue this person and keep him in court for years, but could they win? Any legel minds on the net care to comment on this situation? -- John McNamee ..!decvax!philabs!sbcs!bnl!jpm jpm@BNL.ARPA