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At 06:59 AM 3/27/2006, Philip Gust wrote:
>Curt,
>
>I wanted to make sure my message got through. Our email server has
>had some problems in the last week.
>
>Best regards,
>
>At 05:38 PM 3/17/2006, Philip Gust wrote:
>>Curt,
>>
>>The Computer History Museum's Software Collection Committee has
>>several test bed projects aimed at developing methodologies for
>>collecting and preserving software, as the CHM currently does for
>>hardware and other artifacts. I'm leading the NLS/Augment
>>restoration project. We have several team members, including
>>Jonathan Cheyer, Adam's brother. We also have several advisory
>>team member, including Doug Engelbart and Jeff Rulifson. I've
>>first met Doug in 1986, when I was just starting the collaboration
>>technologies group at HP Labs.
>>
>>The reason I'm writing is to ask for your help. One of the major
>>goals of the project is to make the NLS/Augment system itself,
>>together with its source code and documents available for study and
>>new development on a non-commercial basis.
>>We've successfully cloned NLS/Augment, and are in the process of
>>creating a installable version.
>>
>>One idea we've considered is to release a DVD to coincide with
>>SRI's 60th anniversary. The DVD would include an installable
>>version of NLS/Augment, extracted documentation and source code,
>>related literature, a bibliography, a set of web pages to organize
>>the collection. It would also include a new Java based AugTerm we
>>have built that runs as an applet in a web browser and works with
>>the SRI chord keyset and a mouse.
>>
>>Before doing that, though, we need to ascertain the status of
>>copyrights to the system and related documentation. We've spent
>>over a year tracing ownership and getting copyright releases from
>>potential owners along the way. No one claims to own it, although
>>we have evidence that all of them have at one time or another. In
>>short, NLS/Augment appears to be an orphaned work from a copyright standpoint.
>>
>>Our strategy has been to get releases from each of them to the
>>effect that they have no records of owning it, but have no problem
>>for their part with CHM releasing copyrighted material on a
>>non-commercial basis. Thanks to help from Lew Platt at Boeing and
>>Vint Cerf who used to be at MCI, we have releases from Boeing and
>>British Telecom, and expect to have one from MCI shortly.
>>
>>The final release we need before asking the CHM legal committee to
>>approve our moving forward is from SRI. We realize that that SRI
>>sold NLS to Tymshare, but having such a release would provide
>>documentation covering the SRI to Tymshare part of the story and
>>enable us to complete our case for NLS/Augment being an orphaned work.
>>
>>If you are willing to authorize such a release, please let me know
>>who at SRI I should work with. I can provide the text for existing
>>releases as examples of what we're looking for.
>>
>>I should mention, too, that we're also investigating the
>>feasibility of creating reproduction chord keysets and possibly
>>mice, since we anticipate that the release of NLS/Augment, together
>>with Doug's new Hyperscope project, will generate renewed
>>interest. I've discussed this idea briefly with Adam Cheyer and
>>John Toole, and I'd like to discuss it with you at some point to
>>see if something might be done jointly with SRI, CHM, and possibly
>>Logitech. I should have a detailed proposal ready within a month.
>>
>>
>>Best regards,
>>
>>
>>Philip Gust
>>Nouveau Systems, Inc.
>>3120 De La Cruz Blvd., Suite 120
>>Santa Clara, CA 95054
>>
>>phone: +1 650 961-7992
>>fax: +1 520 843-7217
>>
>>mailto: gust@NouveauSystems.com
>>
>>Nouveau Systems products seamlessly integrate collaboration,
>>information management, processes automation, and capture of
>>mission-critical knowledge. To learn how Nouveau Systems products
>>can help your organization drive innovation, visit:
>>http://www.NouveauSystems.com
>
>
>Philip Gust
>Nouveau Systems, Inc.
>3120 De La Cruz Blvd., Suite 120
>Santa Clara, CA 95054
>
>phone: +1 650 961-7992
>fax: +1 520 843-7217
>
>mailto: gust@NouveauSystems.com
>
>Nouveau Systems products seamlessly integrate collaboration,
>information management, processes automation, and capture of
>mission-critical knowledge. To learn how Nouveau Systems products
>can help your organization drive innovation, visit:
>http://www.NouveauSystems.com
> (03)
Philip Gust
Nouveau Systems, Inc.
3120 De La Cruz Blvd., Suite 120
Santa Clara, CA 95054 (04)
phone: +1 650 961-7992
fax: +1 520 843-7217 (05)
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Nouveau Systems products seamlessly integrate collaboration,
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mission-critical knowledge. To learn how Nouveau Systems products
can help your organization drive innovation, visit:
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