Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site amdcad.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!amdcad!phil From: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) Newsgroups: net.emacs Subject: Re: Permission Message-ID: <1839@amdcad.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 02:44:30 EDT Article-I.D.: amdcad.1839 Posted: Fri Jun 28 02:44:30 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Jun-85 01:04:46 EDT References: <4486@mit-eddie.UUCP> <2334@sun.uucp> <570@usl.UUCP> <575@usl.UUCP> <732@masscomp.UUCP> Reply-To: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) Distribution: net Organization: AMD, Sunnyvale, California Lines: 19 In article <732@masscomp.UUCP> z@masscomp.UUCP (Steve Zimmerman) writes: > Here's the relevant part of his message: > > I actually did talk to our lawyer in charge of licensing and > associated software stuff about GNU, described the situation and > asked him what his opinion was. That was that we probably didn't > want to touch it with a 10 foot pole. Unless RMS can come up > with something that is legally binding (and electronic mail, > which is easily forgeable, doesn't count) I got Gosling's permission to use his emacs but it was in the form of electronic mail. I suspect many users are in the same situation. I hope this doesn't mean I could get in trouble for using it on my site because I don't have something legally binding. -- Phil Ngai +1 408 749 5720 UUCP: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra}!amdcad!phil ARPA: amdcad!phil@decwrl.ARPA