ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig) (08/24/89)
One of the C++ marketing people, who can't get at Usenet
directly, has asked me to post the following:
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MORRISTOWN, N.J. -- AT&T today said its UNIX Software
Operation is making it easier for colleges and universities
to teach students about object-oriented programming using
AT&T's C++ programming language.
Effective August 22, 1989, the company said, degree
granting institutions can make and distribute binary copies
of the AT&T C++ Language System, Release 2.0, to their
students and faculty for only a $25 royalty fee per copy.
"We took this action in response to many requests to
make binary versions of the C++ product more available to
students and professors," said Larry Dooling, President, UNIX
Software Operation. "It's indicative of our efforts to make
the UNIX Software Operation more accessible and more
responsive to our customers."
"The new program protects AT&T's intellectual property
and our investment in C++," Dooling said, "but it also
allows universities to make a copies of the product
available at a very reasonable price for teaching and
research."
AT&T will continue to license source code for C++ to
educational institutions for $300 per CPU. There will be no
charge to institutions for the right to make copies of the
code; however, institutions do have to restrict the copies
to non-commercial use within the institution.
The object-oriented C++ programming language was
developed by Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup at AT&T Bell
Laboratories. The latest version of the AT&T's C++ product
was announced and made available in source code form in June
1989.
For further information on the sublicensing terms and
conditions and prices, college and university adminstrators
should call 1-800-828-UNIX.
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--Andrew Koenig
ark@europa.att.com