Richard, (01)
I wanted to check back with you to get your initial reactions to this
proposal and to see if you need any further information. Would you
be available for a brief phone conversation today or tomorrow? I'm
fairly open both days up until 3.30pm, so let me know what works best for you. (02)
Best regards, (03)
At 07:22 AM 4/26/2006, Philip Gust wrote:
>Richard,
>
>Thanks again for working with the Computer History Museum NLS
>restoration project to secure copyright releases for NLS related
>material. One of our goals for this project is to ensure that the
>NLS system itself and related documents and designs are preserved
>and accessible for study and use by the public.
>
>There are several major collections of NLS related material,
>including ones at the Computer History Museum, and at Stanford
>University curated by Dr. Henry Lowood. Doug Engelbart also retains
>a fully working NLS system, including source code and
>documentation. These collections are extensive, and have only
>recently begun to be systematically inventoried. In summary, the
>material in these collections includes:
>
>1. The source code for the NLS system created by the NLS team at SRI
>2. Executable instructions and documentation derived from the NLS source code.
>3. System documentation, technical reports, journals and other
>documents created by the NLS team at SRI
>4. Designs, schematics and related material for NLS related hardware
>created by the NLS team at SRI
>5. Multimedia material, including video and sound recordings
>produced by the NLS team at SRI.
>
>There are doubtless other smaller collections that contain similar
>types of material related to the NLS system.
>
>As you know, the Copyright Act of 1976 and subsequent revisions
>extended the period of copyright to include the material created by
>the NLS team at SRI. In order to make the NLS system widely
>accessible for study and use, we are asking copyright holders in
>this material to either place it to the public domain or provide a
>blanket grant for non-commercial use. Our preference would be for
>SRI to dedicate whatever copyright interests it may have in this
>material to the public domain for the benefit of the public at
>large. I would like to propose the following, although we would be
>satisfied with any similar form of dedication you propose:
>
>"SRI is the copyright holder of certain material created by the NLS
>team at SRI. SRI wishes to ensure that the NLS system itself and
>related documents and designs are preserved and accessible for study
>and use by the public. Therefore, SRI hereby dedicates whatever
>copyrights it may hold in the work of authorship of this material to
>the public domain for the benefit of the public at large, including
>but not limited to:
>
>1. The source code for the NLS system created by the NLS team at SRI
>2. Executable instructions and documentation derived from the NLS source code.
>3. System documentation, technical reports, journals and other
>documents created by the NLS team at SRI
>4. Designs, schematics and related material for NLS related hardware
>created by the NLS team at SRI
>5. Multimedia material, including video and sound recordings
>produced by the NLS team at SRI.
>
>The works covered by any such copyright held by SRI may be freely
>reproduced, distributed, transmitted, used, modified, built upon, or
>otherwise exploited by anyone for any purpose, commercial or
>non-commercial, and in any way, including by methods that have not
>yet been invented or conceived. SRI makes no warranties about any
>specific copyrighted material and disclaims any liability resulting
>from the use of any such material."
>
>The NLS restoration team is glad to have SRI partner with us in our
>effort to preserve the NLS legacy that Doug and his team created at
>SRI, and look forward to helping SRI celebrate its 60th
>anniversary later this year. If you need further information or
>would like to discuss this further, please don't hesitate to contact me.
>
>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 (04)
Philip Gust
Nouveau Systems, Inc.
3120 De La Cruz Blvd., Suite 120
Santa Clara, CA 95054 (05)
phone: +1 650 961-7992
fax: +1 520 843-7217 (06)
mailto: gust@NouveauSystems.com (07)
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 (08)
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