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   Date: 7 Nov 90 22:46:41 GMT
   From: unixhub!shelby!vera%fanaraaken.Stanford.EDU@lll-winken.llnl.gov  (James S. Vera)
   Organization: Stanford University

   We just got a demo IBM PowerStation and when we asked whether they
   already had GNU Emacs loaded on it they said they used to ship them
   with GNU but "since AT&T brought suit against FSF we [IBM] don't ship
   them with it."  Is there any truth to this?

   James S. Vera      |         Internet	        |Standard Disclaimers
   Stanford University|vera@fanaraaken.stanford.edu|Blah Blah Blah Blah
   Bellcore           |vera2@rigel.cc.bellcore.com |

Very briefly:

Unipress threatened to sue IBM if they distributed GNU Emacs on the
grounds that it contained Unipress code.  IBM being very afraid of
suits stopped distributing GNU Emacs, but also decide to not deal with
Unipress and ship their emacs either.

GNU Emacs does not contain any Unipress Emacs code, though up to a few
years back it did contain some code from Gosling Emacs, which was once
freed software, but was sold to Unipress and became Unipress Emacs.

Version 18.56 of GNU Emacs will support the IBM RS6000.  FSF may ship
tapes for the machine as well.  Details there are still being worked
out, there will be an announcment if and when on info-gnu-emacs.

thanx -len

PS: By the way, what do you think of look-and-feel lawsuits?