[cmucl-imp] Debian bug 821150: problems with the PCL license [resend]

[Peter Van Eynde]

Hello Ray,

With the holidays this problem dragged on too long, sorry for that.

On 12/07/16 17:17, Raymond Toy wrote:
> So, what's the verdict on this? I do hope this can be resolved to
> everyone's satisfaction.

I asked the bug submitter for comments, but got no feedback. So I intend
to add a description of the situation to the documentation and mark the
bug as 'fixed' by this addition.

What I want to add is:

> Copyright of PCL:
> 
> ;;; *************************************************************************
> ;;; Copyright (c) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 Xerox Corporation.
> ;;; All rights reserved.
> ;;;
> ;;; Use and copying of this software and preparation of derivative works
> ;;; based upon this software are permitted.  Any distribution of this
> ;;; software or derivative works must comply with all applicable United
> ;;; States export control laws.
> ;;;
> ;;; This software is made available AS IS, and Xerox Corporation makes no
> ;;; warranty about the software, its performance or its conformity to any
> ;;; specification.
> ;;;
> ;;; Any person obtaining a copy of this software is requested to send their
> ;;; name and post office or electronic mail address to:
> ;;;   CommonLoops Coordinator
> ;;;   Xerox PARC
> ;;;   3333 Coyote Hill Rd.
> ;;;   Palo Alto, CA 94304
> ;;; (or send Arpanet mail to CommonLoops-Coordinator.pa at Xerox.arpa)
> ;;;
> ;;; Suggestions, comments and requests for improvements are also welcome.
> ;;; *************************************************************************
>
> This last part is considered a request, not an obligation by the
> community. The email address is no longer in operation and as far
> as we know nobody at Xerox is working on PCL anymore.
>
> You can ignore this request.

Would it make sense to create a newer version then 21a?

Best regards, Peter

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