[comp.lang.ada] Legal & Ethical questions; Ada trademark expiration?

CONTR47@NOSC-TECR.ARPA (11/06/87)

1. Legal & Ethical Questions.
To: Software Engineers
    When considering the legality and ethics of demanding source
code to ARTEs etc. just remember that when you are standing
in front of a system that doesn't work during acceptance
test that the AJPO, lawyers and philosophers will be nowhere
to be found. Your tail will be on the line, not theirs.
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2. Ada trademark expiration
    Someone (the everpresent "they") told me that AJPO plans to
allow the Ada trademark to expire this year. Any truth to this?
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regards, sam harbaugh
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