<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>if the statt does not have time to do the scanning, i will go to the museum and do it.  let me know.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>cynthia </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=paul@mcjones.org href="mailto:paul@mcjones.org">Paul McJones</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=scc_active@computerhistory.org href="mailto:scc_active@computerhistory.org">SCC active</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 09, 2005 10:16 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [SCC_Active_Members] MIT Press grants permission to include twobooks on LISP web site; status report re ACM</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Al Kossow had already scanned "The Programming Language Lisp", so it's up on our web site now.  But I don't believe he's scanned "The Lisp 1.5 Programmer's Manual" (at least, it's not where he normally stashes scanned books). So it would be great if the Museum could find someone to scan this.  It is the reference manual for the original version of Lisp (well, there is a "1.0" version floating around that we'll get eventually), and was read by countless computer science students down through the years.<BR><BR><BR>Paul<BR><BR>Paul McJones wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid42A91E6D.7010805@mcjones.org type="cite">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><BR><BR>Paul<BR><BR><BR>-------- Original Message -------- <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TH vAlign=baseline noWrap align=right>Subject: </TH> <TD>Re: Permissions & Rights Info, Books</TD></TR> <TR> <TH vAlign=baseline noWrap align=right>Date: </TH> <TD>Thu, 9 Jun 2005 11:39:23 -0400</TD></TR> <TR> <TH vAlign=baseline noWrap align=right>From: </TH> <TD>Pamela Quick <A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E href="mailto:quik@MIT.EDU"><quik@MIT.EDU></A></TD></TR> <TR> <TH vAlign=baseline noWrap align=right>To: </TH> <TD><A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E href="mailto:paul@mcjones.org"><paul@mcjones.org></A></TD></TR> <TR> <TH vAlign=baseline noWrap align=right>References: </TH> <TD><A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E href="mailto:SCATALOGZRhQdOgl4rh0000396d@mitpress.mit.edu"><SCATALOGZRhQdOgl4rh0000396d@mitpress.mit.edu></A></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><BR><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 >was sent via the MIT Press website. >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > >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: > >1. _The Programming Language LISP: Its Operation and Applications_, edited >by Information International (June 1966, ISBN 0-262-52005-2) > >2. _LISP 1.5 Programmer's Manual_ by John McCarthy (August 1962, ISBN >0-262-13011-4) > >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". > > >Paul McJones </PRE><PRE wrap=""><HR width="90%" SIZE=4> _______________________________________________ SCC_active mailing list <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:SCC_active@computerhistory.org">SCC_active@computerhistory.org</A> <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://mail.computerhistory.org/mailman/listinfo/scc_active">http://mail.computerhistory.org/mailman/listinfo/scc_active</A> </PRE></BLOCKQUOTE> <P> <HR> <P></P>_______________________________________________<BR>SCC_active mailing list<BR>SCC_active@computerhistory.org<BR>http://mail.computerhistory.org/mailman/listinfo/scc_active<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>