Re: Perl Co-inventor Convicted

• Subject: Re: Perl Co-inventor Convicted
• From: unruh@physics.ubc.ca (William Unruh)
• Date: 18 Aug 1995 00:58:32 GMT
• Newsgroups: comp.security.unix, misc.legal.computing
• Organization: The University of British Columbia
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betsys@cs.umb.edu (Elizabeth Schwartz) writes:

>I missed the beginning of this, and am trying to catch up:

>Why did Intel sue Randal, instead of just firing him? Did someone there
>genuinely believe that he was trying to damage them or are they trying
>to set some sort of precedent?


They did not sue him. They launched a complaint about possible criminal behaviour and 
then the state prosecuted him. 
--
Bill Unruh
unruh@physics.ubc.ca

• Perl Co-inventor Convicted
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