[SCC_Active_Members] MIT Press grants permission to include twobooks on LISP web site; status report re ACM

[Cynthia Jordan]

if the statt does not have time to do the scanning, i will go to the museum and do it.  let me know.

cynthia 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Paul McJones 
  To: SCC active 
  Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 10:16 PM
  Subject: Re: [SCC_Active_Members] MIT Press grants permission to include twobooks on LISP web site; status report re ACM


  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.


  Paul

  Paul McJones wrote: 
    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.


    Paul


    -------- Original Message -------- Subject:  Re: Permissions & Rights Info, Books 
          Date:  Thu, 9 Jun 2005 11:39:23 -0400 
          From:  Pamela Quick <quik at MIT.EDU> 
          To:  <paul at mcjones.org> 
          References:  <SCATALOGZRhQdOgl4rh0000396d at mitpress.mit.edu> 



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.
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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:
>
>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
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