yacc: public domain?

[Ed Gould]

> Whether it is in the public domain in practice is another story.  Quite
> possibly one could argue that illicit access to Unix materials, including
> sources, is so common that AT&T cannot realistically claim that the
> stuff is secret any more.  The problem is, AT&T would fight such a
> contention tooth and nail, and being right is not comforting when you
> are facing a legal battle of that magnitude and expense.
> -- 
> 				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
> 				{allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry

Henry's hit the nail right on the head.  Most of us aren't willing
to take this (probably small) risk because of the potentially
enormous (probably out of business) expense.

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