Sally, (01)
Thanks for the feedback. I don't know whether Peter Ratcliffe, who
Simon Garrett referred us to, is able to bind BT. I assume he's
someone in an official position in the company, otherwise Peter would
have just written the letter himself. (02)
We still need to get Boeing put what they told you in writing before
we're covered there. (03)
At 10:04 AM 2/1/2006, Sally Abel wrote:
>John:
>
>I think this is all we need, though it would be nice to have in a
>writing signed by someone with authority to bind the company. Chasing
>down and getting an assignment of the copyright/other IP rights, seems
>not doable and unnecessary, so long as we are not trying to sell the
>code or otherwise profit (directly) from the software.
>
>We have identified and gotten the go ahead from the two most likely
>challengers -- Boeing and BT -- and if someone else comes out of the
>woodwork we likely have a good fair use argument.
>
>I never heard back from the guy I contacted at BT, but he may have
>passed it along.
>
>Sally
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Toole [mailto:toole@computerhistory.org]
>Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 8:10 PM
>To: Sally Abel
>Cc: Kirsten Tashev; Allison Akbay
>Subject: FW: [Fwd: RE: NLS/Augment memorandum]
>Importance: High
>
>Sally,
>
>Do you agree we should request this in writing? Is their response
>sufficient? Sounds like they are acknowledging our fair use. Know you
>were on the trail with BT people, but perhaps this is all we need, as
>long as we "request" the proper thing from them.
>
>Advice?
>
>Thanks!
>
>--John
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Philip Gust [mailto:gust@NouveauSystems.com]
>Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 4:36 PM
>To: Jonathan Cheyer
>Cc: nls-legal@chm.cim3.net; John Toole; Sally Abel
>Subject: Re: [Fwd: RE: NLS/Augment memorandum]
>Importance: High
>
>That sounds good enough to me, too.
>
>I'm forwarding this on to John Toole and Sally Abel for their feedback
>and approval. If they're happy with it, one of us can follow up with
>Peter Ratcliffe.
>
>John and Sally: Please try to give us your feedback no later than
>Friday, February 3rd., and indicate whether you would like one of us or
>one of you to follow up with BT.
>
>Thanks for taking BT this far -- great job!
>
>
>
>At 11:49 AM 1/27/2006, Jonathan Cheyer wrote:
> >Phil,
> >
> >I'm like to follow up with Simon to obtain a written statement from BT,
>
> >but first I'll need some help from John and/or CHM Legal.
> >
> >In particular:
> >
> > * I think the statement below sounds pretty good, but I'd like some
> > legal advice from the CHM legal side that this is a strong enough
> > statement (since BT probably doesn't own any rights anyway)
> >
> > * Who should the statement be addressed to, what is the address info,
>
> > and such.
> >
> > * Is there any other additional legal paperwork we should try to get
> > from BT while we have the chance? I think it's going to be now or
> > never, so we should use this slim window of opportunity while we
>can.
> >
> >Please advise.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Jonathan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >-------- Original Message --------
> >Subject: RE: NLS/Augment memorandum
> >Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:20:15 -0000
> >From: <simon.garrett@bt.com>
> >To: <jonathan@cheyer.biz>
> >
> >
> >
> >Jonathan,
> >
> >I've checked with our legal people.
> >
> >If the Computer History Museum needs a written statement from BT then
> >they should ask in writing to:
> >
> >
> > Mr Peter Ratcliffe
> > pp C5.A
> > BT Centre
> > 81 Newgate Street
> > London EC1A 7AJ
> > UK
> >
> >
> >We can say:
> >
> >
> > So far as BT is concerned, BT has no issue with the Computer
>History
> > Museum using such NLS/Augment copyrights in a not-for-profit
> > capacity for the benefit of the general public. BT makes no
> > representation or warranty as to such use.
> >
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >/Simon Garrett
> >IPR Commercialisation Manager /
> >*tel:* +44 (0) 1473 645 731
> >*mobile*: +44 (0) 7802 871 084
>
>
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>Nouveau Systems, Inc.
>
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