[Gardeners] Gardeners & CLRFI

[Paolo Amoroso]

C Y <smustudent1 at yahoo.com> writes:

> --- Paolo Amoroso <amoroso at mclink.it> wrote:
[...]
>> If I recall correctly from past discussions in comp.lang.lisp,
>> one of the major stumbling blocks was the concern that some
>> marginal Lisp vendor, being left out from a standardization
>> process, might create legal problems.
>
> I still don't understand how this could happen.  Could you provide a
> link to the comp.lang.lisp discussion?  Unless (MAYBE) the

I unfortunately don't have any pointers.  I only recall that the
concern was for old, barely active vendors (Gold Hill was possibly
mentioned) whose lawyers might want to milk some cash by bringing such
an issue in court.  Marco: any more details?


Paolo
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