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

Michael Moore (mike@datasys.net)
Wed, 8 Jan 1997 11:04:50 PST

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    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.  :)