Sorry, I meant to CC nls-legal, but accidentally CCd nls-archive instead. (01)
>Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 08:39:27 -0800
>To: Ken Harrenstien <klh@panix.com>
>From: Philip Gust <gust@NouveauSystems.com>
>Subject: Help contacting Vint Cerf
>Cc: nls-archive@chm.cim3.net
>
>Ken,
>
>As you know, I've been working on the legal side on behalf of the
>Software Collection Committee of the Computer History Museum to
>secure the copyrights and other IP for NLS/Augment on behalf of CHM.
>Our goal is to release it to the public domain so that people can
>study the system. Doug Engelbart fully supports this effort.
>
>After a number of months, we've tracked ownership of NLS/Augment
>through Boeing to British Telecom. Simon Garrett at BT believes that
>ownership of NLS/Augment passed with other assets formerly from
>Tymnet/Tymshare to MCI in 1993-4.
>
>Before I approach MCI/Verizon, it would be helpful to have someone
>on our side who is known and can help us open doors, as Lew Platt
>did at Boeing. I heard that you are acquainted with Vint
>Cerf. Would you be willing to brief him on this, and ask him if
>he'd help us cut through some of the red tape, get to the right
>person, and advocate for us? He could make a real contribution to
>this project without taking up too much of his time.
>
>Thanks in advance for your help on this.
>
>
>Philip Gust
>Nouveau Systems, Inc.
>
>phone: +1 650 961-7992
>fax: +1 520 843-7217
>
>
>mailto: gust@NouveauSystems.com (02)
Philip Gust
Nouveau Systems, Inc. (03)
phone: +1 650 961-7992
fax: +1 520 843-7217 (04)
mailto: gust@NouveauSystems.com (05)
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