karl@grebyn.com (Karl A. Nyberg) (03/23/90)
In article <8467@hubcap.clemson.edu> wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu (Bill Wolfe) writes: > > Inquiries concerning the STARS Foundations Repository, which > contains the (free) research and development products of the > STARS (Software Technology for Adaptable, Reliable Systems) > program, can be e-mailed to: FREE here does not necessarily mean "without cost". Each of the components in the repository can be had for $50 each duplicating costs, with a maximum of $2000. It is also not clear (to me) what the data rights on this software are either. It may be government owned, (and I didn't have to sign any licensing forms to get it) but the one component that I ordered contains a lot of copyright notices. It also appears that one or more of the original contractors are marketing "commercial" versions of their developments (e.g., the X Windows binding, Universal File Names, etc.) -- Karl --
billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu (William Thomas Wolfe, 2847 ) (03/24/90)
From karl@grebyn.com (Karl A. Nyberg): > the one component that I ordered contains > a lot of copyright notices. It also appears that one or more of the > original contractors are marketing "commercial" versions of their > developments (e.g., the X Windows binding, Universal File Names, etc.) Universal File Names was sent to me free of charge by the author, and it also contained an Ada Software Repository release header, so possibly some or all of the STARS stuff is also available via that route (for info, email to ADA-SW-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL). No mention was made of any commercial version, but the article in the Jan/Feb '90 issue of Ada Letters (pages 111-117) did mention three "recommendations for improving UFN", i.e., proposed extensions, which sounded a lot like proposals for further STARS work. On the other side, I have heard that Unisys is planning to take its ACE product (basically an interactive Ada world) and do further work on it to the point of commercial viability, so apparently at least some of the STARS work is more research product than commercially useful product at the moment. UFN, though, would seem to be a notable exception in this regard. Anyone have more detailed STARS Foundations Repository experiences? Bill Wolfe, wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu