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I hope this helps to set a precedent when dealing with other
publishers. I also spoke to Rick Snodgrass tonight; he has passed my
request for permission to "free up" a list of FORTRAN papers along to
Mark Mandelbaum (ACM Director, Office of Publications). Rick thinks
there won't be any problem.<br>
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<br>
Paul<br>
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<td>Re: Permissions & Rights Info, Books</td>
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<td>Thu, 9 Jun 2005 11:39:23 -0400</td>
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<td>Pamela Quick <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:quik@MIT.EDU"><quik@MIT.EDU></a></td>
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<pre>Dear Paul,
Thank you for your message. Yes, I did receive your earlier request.
We still control the rights to these books. I believe that the
reserach which generated the books was funded through government
contracts, hence the statement granting the US Government free usage
is included.
I would be happy to grant you permission to reprint both THE
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE LISP and LISP 1.5 PROGRAMMER'S MANUAL on the
online historical collection of software that you are preparing for
the Computer History Museum. Please credit the books to their
authors, book title, and The MIT Press.
Will this collection be online only, or do you wish permission to
produce a printed version of the collection?
I look forward to hearing from you.
Best,
Pamela Quick
MIT Press Permissions
>The following message from Paul McJones
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>I sent email to Ms. Quik on May 5, 2005, and did not receive an answer, so
>I'm trying again. I would like to know the copyright status of two books
>published by MIT Press:
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>1. _The Programming Language LISP: Its Operation and Applications_, edited
>by Information International (June 1966, ISBN 0-262-52005-2)
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>2. _LISP 1.5 Programmer's Manual_ by John McCarthy (August 1962, ISBN
>0-262-13011-4)
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>The former is out of print; the second is still in print. However, both
>books contain, instead of a copyright notice, this legend: "Reproduction
>in whole or in part is permitted for any purpose of the United States
>Government".
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>Paul McJones
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