[TUHS] Anyone have a connection to Tom DeMarco?

[G. Branden Robinson via TUHS]

Hi folks,

I know he's not really a Unix personage, but since I'm a whippersnapper
I know no better place to turn--and my purpose _is_ Unix- related, if
troff counts as such.

I was perusing Tom DeMarco's _Structured Analysis and System
Specification_ (1979) (foreword: P. J. Plauger) and noticed that, while
lacking a colophon acknowledging its means of production, it looks for
all the world as if it had been typeset with troff.

Here are the questions I would have for Mr. DeMarco.

1.  Am I right?  Was troff used in its production?

2.  The book has been out of print for many years.  Have its rights
    reverted to the author as is common (but not quite universal) in
    publishing contracts?

3.  If so, do you still have the troff input files used to prepare it?

4.  If so, would you be willing to license these files to the community
    under FLOSS terms[1]?

If someone can pass along these questions or put me in touch with Mr.
DeMarco, I'd be grateful.

Also, if someone could pop a copy of this book into a DeLorean traveling
at 88mph and send it back in time to me at the start of my career with a
note ("postpone Fred Brooks and read this first"), the younger me will
put a few hundred USD into a Vanguard-managed index fund in your name.

Every software engineer who winds up in a consulting gig should be
gifted with a waiter's cloche and a wooden spoon.

They'll figure out what they're for.

Regards,
Branden

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software
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