Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcvax!unido!uklirb!shell From: uw-beaver!bcsaic!lbaum@quick.com (Larry Baum) Newsgroups: comp.ai.shells Subject: Re: Important Correction Message-ID: <5248@uklirb.UUCP> Date: 2 Jun 89 16:01:39 GMT References: <4703@uklirb.UUCP> <5200@uklirb.UUCP> Sender: shell@uklirb.UUCP Reply-To: Larry Baum Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center, Seattle Lines: 29 Approved: shell@uklirb.uucp Posted-Date: Mon Jun 5 14:22:12 GMT 1989 In response to my previous post I received the following which clarifies the status of BB1. > I erroneously stated that the GBB system from UMass and the BB1 system from > Stanford were both public domain software. > > This is wrong! > > GBB is "freely available." However, it is not in the public domain. > > I do not know exactly whether BB1 is free or has some license fee; however, > I am pretty sure it is NOT public domain either. I enquired about both after seeing your first posting (by the way, thanks for the information). GBB is indeed freely available in the sense of available free and easily, though it is protected by copyright. BB1 is licensed by the Stanford University Office of Technology Licensing for a license fee (currently $300 academic, $1000 commercial research) and under a license agreement. Raphael Malyankar Comp. Science Dept. UNH Durham, NH 03824 -- Larry Baum Advanced Technology Center Boeing Computer Services uucp: uw-beaver!bcsaic!lbaum (206) 865-3232 internet: lbaum@atc.boeing.com