[comp.lang.forth] Harris abandons WISC rights

koopman@a.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Philip Koopman) (12/16/90)

Yesterday I received an official letter from Harris Semiconductor
stating that they were defaulting on certain required obligations
to WISC Technologies.  While Harris retains some non-exclusive
rights in theory, in practice this means that they are abandoning
the WISC design for the RTX 4000.  In particular they no longer
have exclusive access to the WISC patents.  WISC is open to
negotiations with others for access to the technology.

True to Harris form, the letter was dated November 13th and postmarked
December 12th.  The default took place on November 24th.

  Phil Koopman                koopman@greyhound.ece.cmu.edu   Arpanet
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