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>Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 14:56:56 -0800
>To: Philip Gust <gust@NouveauSystems.com>
>From: Henry Lowood <lowood@stanford.edu>
>Subject: Re: Need help contacting Larry Lessig
>
>Hi Philip,
>
>I don't know Larry Lessig very well -- only shook hands with him
>once. So I don't think I'm the right guy for the
>introduction. The truth is, I don't know anybody who knows him --
>he's in the Law School, of course, plus he has become kind of a
>star. But I have an idea. Some of you probably know Brewster
>Kahle. I know Doug knows him. I bet he knows Lessig pretty well.
>
>I'd be happy to at least be able to browse the posts to the NLS
>group at CHM. In fact, it would be great to have a complete archive
>to add to Doug's papers here.
>
>Best,
>
>Henry
>
>At 07:14 AM 2/27/2006, you wrote:
>>Henry,
>>
>>We're surfacing some interesting legal questions around the
>>NLS/Augment restoration project. Some of them are related to
>>orphaned copyrights and other IP as we try to trace ownership and
>>get permission to make NLS/Augment and related documentation
>>public. Sally Abel, an IP attorney at Fenwick and a CHM trustee,
>>has been helping us as much as she has time for, but she's really
>>busy and is mainly focused on other aspects of CHM business.
>>
>>Our group keeps saying that it needs a legal advisor to provide
>>guidance, someone kind of like Larry Lessig. So I suggested that
>>maybe we should see if he'd be willing to apply since he's very
>>much like Larry Lessig. I don't have a personal connection, and
>>could just cold call, but thought that an introduction through
>>someone in the Stanford community might be helpful. Do you know
>>Larry or would you be comfortable making an initial contact on our
>>behalf and briefing him about the project? Here's his Stanford
>>web page: http://www.law.stanford.edu/faculty/lessig/. Please don't
>>feel pressured if you're not comfortable doing this or don't have
>>the time. I appreciate your just being available to ask!
>>
>>BTW, are you on any of the CHM nls groups? We have nls-restore (a
>>general information list), nls-technical, and nls-legal. We also
>>maintain a complete archive of past email on the lists that you can
>>review. Let me know if you are and I'll add you to the appropriate lists.
>>
>>There's some good on both the technical and legal side. On the
>>technical side, we have a cloned Augment system running under
>>Linux/TOPS-20 and a new Java AugTerm that can be used through a web
>>browser. We're working on new keysets, and on decoding and
>>exporting the Augment structures Jeff Rulifson and Rayleen Pac
>>have been great resources for this. On the legal side, we've
>>pretty well traced ownership through McDonnell Douglas/Boeing to BT
>>to Sprint. Boeing legal is balking at providing a release now that
>>Lew Platt isn't with us any more, and I'm re-contacting their CIO
>>to see if he can help. BT has agreed to provide a release and a
>>letter is pending from them. Finally, we're working through
>>Sprint/Verizon legal and Vint Cerf to get a similar release from
>>Verizon. It's great to finally see light at the end of the legal
>>tunnel, but we're still faced with the issue of orphaned copyrights
>>and other IP if Verizon has no records of it.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Philip Gust
>>Nouveau Systems, Inc.
>>
>>phone: +1 650 961-7992
>>cell: +1 650 367-7652
>>fax: +1 520 843-7217
>>
>>
>>mailto: gust@NouveauSystems.com
>
>Henry Lowood, Ph.D.
>Curator for History of Science & Technology Collections
>Curator for Germanic Collections; Film & Media Collections
>HRG, Green Library, 557 Escondido Mall
>Stanford University Libraries
>Stanford CA 94305-6004
>650-723-4602; lowood@stanford.edu; http://www.stanford.edu/~lowood (01)
Philip Gust
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