John, (01)
> On the IPR side, which of the two options for this
> would you suggest? (02)
[ppy] I think Doug's personal disposition and/or CHM (or
CHM-SCC) policy should be the basis of the decision. (03)
I see the beauty of either one of these options (or that of the
various flavors of open source licenses.) However, if I have to
pick one right now, I'll choose 'public domain.' (04)
Cheers. =ppy
-- (05)
John Toole wrote Fri, 10 Jun 2005 16:32:29 -0700:
> Peter,
>
> On the IPR side, which of the two options for this would you suggest?
> Presume the open source license??
>
> --John (06)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Yim [mailto:peter.yim@cim3.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 4:29 PM
> To: nls-restore; John Toole
> Subject: Re: [nls-restore] Great news on the Boeing front
>
> > [JT] It appears that they are assigning all the rights to
> > us, then licensing back, and the language seems to give
> > us what we need.
>
> [ppy] The is great news indeed (hope legal concurs)!
>
> Question: if that is the case, can we assume that CHM will put it
> in the public domain? Or, would it put an open source license on
> the IPR? If so, which open source license?
>
> (By the way, John, are you subscribed to the [nls-restore] list?)
>
> > [KG] ...updated the SCC site ...
> > http://community.computerhistory.org/scc/
>
> [ppy] the site looks great, Kathe; didn't realize it existed and
> so much is on there already.
>
> Just super!
>
> Cheers. =ppy
> -- (07)
> Gust, Kathe wrote Fri, 10 Jun 2005 15:57:42 -0700:
>
>>I have also updated the SCC site to reflect the possible success of a
>>negotiation on this front. If the lawyers clear it, I will update
>>further. I put it in the "Source Code" section.
>>
>>http://community.computerhistory.org/scc/
>>
>>Kathe (08)
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: nls-restore-bounces@chm.cim3.net
>>[mailto:nls-restore-bounces@chm.cim3.net] On Behalf Of Philip Gust
>>Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 3:54 PM
>>To: nls-restore@chm.cim3.net
>>Subject: [nls-restore] Great news on the Boeing front
>>Importance: High
>>
>>
>>
>>John Toole just copied me on a note that he sent to the CHM legal
>>department concerning NLS/Augment. It is really great news, and puts
>
> us
>
>>another step closer.
>>
>>Rayleen, any chance we can have a "preliminary" version of the code
>>packaged by the meeting on the 14th? This doesn't have to be the
>
> final
>
>>one
>>we deliver to CHM, just one that our group can use internally to do an
>
>
>>initial test install on another machine to work out issues that are
>>bound
>>to arise. Please let me know on this.
>>
>>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>>-------------------------------------------
>>
>>Legal Committee,
>>
>>The Software Collections Committee has undertaken a project to work
>
> with
>
>>Doug Engelbart's NLS system, and we needed rights to the source code.
>>Lew Platt agreed to help, and I just received the note from them which
>>would give us the necessary permissions.
>>
>>It appears that they are assigning all the rights to us, then
>
> licensing
>
>>back, and the language seems to give us what we need.
>>
>>Would you please give this a quick read and let me know if there is
>>anything that we should ask to amend?? Would appreciate a reply NLT
>>June 14th - the team is ready to move out on this.
>>
>>Thanks! Here's another good precedent on software rights issues.
>>
>>--John
>>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>>------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>>Philip Gust
>>Nouveau Systems, Inc.
>>
>>phone: +1 650 961-7992
>>fax: +1 520 843-7217
>>
>>
>>mailto: gust@NouveauSystems.com
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