Date   : Wed, 28 Mar 1984 09:56:44-PST (Wed)
From   : decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!bmcg!felix!jim@Ucb-Vax.ARPA
Subject: Public-ness of UCSD Pascal Versions

Long ago, in a fledging publication ("Infoworld") Adam Osborne penned
a column modestly named "From the Fountainhead."  In one of these
columns he stated his view of the legal status of various versions
of the UCSD Pascal P-system (Trademark the Regents of the University
of California).  As I recall Versions 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4 were characterized
as public domain and addresses and/or phone numbers were published
for where to get them.  I.5 and II.0 were characterized as claimed
to be non-public and hence deeded over to Softech Microsystems.

To my knowledge II.1 is legitimately Apple's and Northstar's is legitimately
theirs because their licenses were among the few irrevocable ones granted
early on in the project.  Also IV.x are legitimately Softech Microsystems,
since they were mainly developed after the turnover.  

My question is: Has the status of I.5 and II.0 been clearly determined?
Are they contestably public domain?  I heard that Mike Lehman at one
time was distributing I.5; if so this would seem to mean that it had
been determined to be public.

I would appreciate anyone having information on this subject replying
to me by mail.  I will summarize and post to the net if anything
new turns up.  In particular I would like to re-discover the contact
information for the older versions that are known to be public.

                                       An old UCSD Hacker:

                                       Jim Gilbert
                                       FileNet Corporation
                                       1575 Corporate Drive
                                       Costa Mesa, CA 92626

                                       714-966-2344

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