fnf@unisoft.UUCP (06/14/85)
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Thanks to all who responded via mail to my posting inquiring about
the copyright status of Jove. To summarize my responses:
(1) Various pieces of jove use code from AT&T's "ed" and
Berkeley's "vi". Thus without appropriate source
licensing the sources are not redistributable.
(2) There is a "jove-hackers" mailing group on the Arpanet.
I got some directions for subscribing but haven't
verified them yet so won't go into details here.
(3) Jon Payne and David Curry are working at making a new
expanded version of jove available as a product on
micros. The rumor is that it will be available
to Unix users in somewhat the same way that Gosling's
early versions were (copyrighted but available on request).
(4) I am free to do as I wish with my enhancements. Several
people suggested I post them as context diffs so others
that already have source may make some use of them.
I am considering this but only if the "new and improved"
version doesn't become available soon.
If I have not yet responded personally to your mail, please be patient
as I am going to be out of town for the next week. When I return I
will be clearing up the loose ends.
-Fred
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