Re: Does scheme run on the DECStation 3100?

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From: Jeff Dalton
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1990 17:55

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In article <9002111446.AA06598@zurich.ai.mit.edu> jar@ZURICH.AI.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Rees) writes:
 >   (f) There are multiple public-domain versions of Scheme, but to my
 >   knowledge only one complete public-domain version of CommonLisp (Kyoto
 >   CommonLisp or KCL).  The price of a non-public Scheme system is far
 >   lower than the corresponding price for CommonLisp.
 >
 >What about Spice Lisp from CMU?  I thought that was freely available
 >and legally unencumbered.  (I think you misunderstand the term "public
 >domain," which really means that no one is trying to control the way
 >in which the software is copied in any way.  None of the software you
 >mention is public domain in that sense.)

In the past, at least, there were restrictions on getting Spice Lisp 
outside the US.  On the other hand, it was public domain.

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From: jeff@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Jeff Dalton)
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Subject: Re: Does scheme run on the DECStation 3100?
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