You had mentioned earlier that you and Vint know each other well.
That's why I thought a casual note from you thanking him for agreeing
to help us wouldn't be out of the ordinary. He is a very busy
person, so I think that a personal touch would be very helpful. (01)
Here's the note that I sent Ken. I inadvertently CCd the
nls-archives list rather than the nls-legal list, so you didn't have
the opportunity to see it on January 26th. Ken forwarded this note,
together with a similar one that Jonathan Cheyer wrote about the same
time, on to Vint. He told Ken that he would see what he could do. (02)
Thanks in advance for your help with this, and also for sending the
letter to BT. Will you be able to get the letter off this week? (03)
>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. (04)
At 04:40 PM 2/12/2006, John Toole wrote:
>Phil,
>
>Vint is at Google...I saw him at dinner a couple of weeks ago...he knows
>me and us very well. What specifically have you asked him to do? How
>long ago has this gone to Ken?
>
>Thanks.
>
>--John
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Philip Gust [mailto:gust@NouveauSystems.com]
>Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 4:14 PM
>To: John Toole
>Cc: nls-legal@chm.cim3.net
>Subject: Contact with Vint Cerf
>
>John,
>
>Jonathan and I contacted Ken Harrenstein about helping us contact
>Vint Cerf, and asking him to open some doors at Verizon legal about
>NLS/Augment. Ken forwarded the request on and reported that Vint
>agreed to help.
>
>I'd appreciate it if you could drop Vint a quick note to lend your
>encouragement, and let him know how much the Museum appreciate his
>help. I'm not sure I mentioned Lew Platt's help or how instrumental
>it was in my note, but it couldn't hurt for you to mention it in yours.
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>
>Philip Gust
>Nouveau Systems, Inc.
>
>phone: +1 650 961-7992
>fax: +1 520 843-7217
>
>
>mailto: gust@NouveauSystems.com (05)
Philip Gust
Nouveau Systems, Inc. (06)
phone: +1 650 961-7992
fax: +1 520 843-7217 (07)
mailto: gust@NouveauSystems.com (08)
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