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From: chase@Ozona.orc.olivetti.com (David Chase)
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Subject: Re: Actual case of hoarding public domain code?
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Date: 14 Dec 89 21:35:40 GMT
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Dave Sill <dsill@relay.nswc.navy.mil> writes:
>Didn't James Gosling release his UNIX Emacs into the public domain and
>then recall it when he found out he could sell it?  (Is it possible to
>hoard one's own public domain code? :-)

I don't think it was quite like that; Gosling emacs went through a
number of versions.  I recall (and may be completely incorrect) that
the first I saw was #54.  Later, I think we received #85.  The
Unipress version was #264.  On some machine at CMU (installed in some
bin directory) I came across #231.  The person who obtained emacs #85
for us did mention something about needing to get permission from
Gosling to give it away again, but I don't recall these restrictions
on #54.

So, no, he probably didn't recall it -- he just issued a new version
with new features and new restrictions.

David