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From: jf@hplabs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.lang.st80
Subject: Smalltalk experience
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Date: Thu, 9-Jun-83 16:28:13 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun  9 16:28:13 1983
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I fear that some on the net may have misinterpreted part of
my note.  As far as I know, no firms outside of the four
companies in the distribution test program have Smalltalk licenses.
The licensing issue has been bouncing around Xerox like a hot
potato and I really couldn't say who is responsible for it these
days.  I think PARC is no longer involved in the licensing loop -
it is one of the product divisions.

As far as universities go, both Brown and UCB apparently have licenses
now.  A number of people at Stanford tried to get a license for a SUN
version for over a year without success.  That experience left a bad
taste in my mouth about Smalltalk licensing, so please don't ask
me how you can get a Smalltalk license.  Outside of the special agreement
which landed HP, DEC, Tek, and Apple free licenses, I know of no other
commercial arrangements.

Joe Falcone
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