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From article <1680@sousa.ltn.dec.com>, by secrist@kxovax.enet.dec.com (Strong datatypes for weak minds.):
> 
> 	When was XLISP first placed into the public domain ?

This is the copyright notice from the version of xlisp distributed in
the winterp package. This software is not "public domain." But it is
freely usable. In this case the copyright is used to protect the
authors and their employers from being sued and from having their
names used with out their permission.

********************************************************************************
* WINTERP Copyright 1989, 1990, 1991 Hewlett-Packard Company (by Niels Mayer).
* XLISP version 2.1, Copyright (c) 1989, by David Betz.
*
* Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its
* documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that
* the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
* copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
* documentation, and that the name of Hewlett-Packard and David Betz not be
* used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software
* without specific, written prior permission.  Hewlett-Packard and David Betz
* make no representations about the suitability of this software for any
* purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
*
* HEWLETT-PACKARD AND DAVID BETZ DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS
* SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS,
* IN NO EVENT SHALL HEWLETT-PACKARD NOR DAVID BETZ BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL,
* INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM
* LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE
* OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
* PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
* 
* WINTERP AUTHOR:
*		Niels P. Mayer,
*		Hewlett-Packard Laboratories,
*		Software and Systems Lab
*		Human-Computer Interaction Department
*		Collaborative Interaction Tools Group
* 
* 	Mailing Address:
*		Hewlett Packard
*		Niels Mayer 1U/17
*		P.O. Box 10490
*		Palo Alto, CA  94303-0969
* 
* 	Email Address:
*		internet: mayer@hplabs.hp.com
*		uucp:     hplabs!mayer
*
* XLISP AUTHOR:
*              David Betz
*              P.O. Box 144
*              Peterborough, NH 03458
*              (603) 924-4145
********************************************************************************
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bobp@hal.com              |   1) You've earned an "I told you so."
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                   <<< Odin, after the well of Mimir. >>>

-- 

As far as I remember, Xlisp 1.5 came out in 1985. The first time I wrote
a LISP program, using David's implementation.

	-joke

--
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University of Dortmund, Germany
(joke@ls11.informatik.uni-dortmund.de).

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In article <1992Sep3.172442.3466@hal.com> bobp@hal.com (Bob Pendelton) writes:
>From article <1680@sousa.ltn.dec.com>, by secrist@kxovax.enet.dec.com (Strong datatypes for weak minds.):
>> 
>> 	When was XLISP first placed into the public domain ?
>
>This is the copyright notice from the version of xlisp distributed in
>the winterp package. This software is not "public domain." But it is
>freely usable.

Um, I don't think David Betz established copyright prior to version
1.7 -- the last PD version was incorporated into a well known CAD
package without acknowledgement, and that sort of forced the issue
upon him.

- David Andrews                          Windows N<o>T
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