# anyone ever gotten xerox to clarify the MOO license before?

Zachary DeAquila (zachary@zachs.place.org)
Wed, 8 Jan 1997 13:02:43 PST

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    *sigh* Check the MOO-cows archives guys, I think the answers to both
    questions (who owns the server, who owns the db) are there - I know
    the 2nd question was hashed out mightily here several years ago...

     --pj

    On Wednesday, Jan 8, 1997, Michael Moore writes:
    >Canton M. Becker wrote:
    >>
    >> Alien Xfer Protocol v1.b
    >> Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 11:24:25 -0700
    >> To: moo-cows@parc.xerox.com
    >> From: canton <canton@ontology.com>
    >> Subject: anyone ever gotten xerox to clarify the MOO license before?
    >>
    >> Hiya, Folks.
    >>
    >> Trying to get some sort of a response from Xerox's legal crew to tell us
    >> whether or not it's okay to use the LambaMOO server software as part of our
    >> commercial enterprise... Kinda running into a *total* dead end. All they're
    >> willing to say is that they haven't released the software as per Xerox's
    >> releasing procedure, and that the licence agreement that accompanies the
    >> lambdaMOO source code isn't necessarily valid since it probably wasn't
    >> cleared by them.
    >>
    >> Has anyone else tried to get permission to use LambdaMOO before? Help?
    >>
    >> Thanks a zillion. Reward to anyone who can furnish a document that
    >> demonstrates that Xerox officially releases the LambdaMOO server
    >> free-of-charge for whatever purpose. :)
    >> -canton
    >> canton@resrocket.com
    >
    >Sort-of along these lines:
    >
    >What about LambdaCore?  Who owns the code--Xerox?  Pavel?  The original
    >programmers?
    >
    >Not that I want to sell it or make money off it...just being curious.  :)
    >