22 Nov
2019
22 Nov
'19
9:34 p.m.
I sent you some stuff privately, but the key point is that is was required
by the US Gov as part of the 1956 Consent decree.
AT&T had to make its IP available to the research community and licensable
under 'fair terms' which would be reviewed by the regulators. Al Arms
wrote and administer the license BTW. I've lost track of him. I want to
say he may have passed, but I don't want to start a rumor. You might
check with the Nokia folks, as I did not see him at the 50th and I would
have expected him there.
Clem
On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 9:39 AM David C. Brock <dbrock(a)computerhistory.org>
wrote:
Dear All:
I was wondering if anyone had any first-hand information about the early
decisions at Western Electric to make an education license for Unix that
was both royalty-free and with an extremely modest “service
charge”/delivery fee, or if anyone knows the names of key people who made
these decisions.
Best wishes,
David
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