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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	dDecember 5, 1979 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Mr. Paul Stoft
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Hewlett Packard Laboratories
␈↓ ↓H␈↓3500 Deer Creek Road
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Palo Alto CA, 94304

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Mr. Stoft:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        This␈α∀letter␈α∀is␈α∪to␈α∀con≡rm␈α∀that␈α∪Hewlett␈α∀Packard␈α∀may␈α∪use␈α∀without␈α∀charge␈α∀the␈α∪software
␈↓ ↓H␈↓associated␈α⊂with␈α⊂the␈α⊃Dialnet␈α⊂project␈α⊂and␈α⊃is␈α⊂allowed␈α⊂restricted␈α⊃access␈α⊂to␈α⊂computers␈α⊃belonging␈α⊂to
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Stanford University in connection with such use.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        We␈α
hope␈α
that␈α
in␈α
return,␈αStanford␈α
University␈α
will␈α
bene≡t␈α
by␈αthe␈α
spread␈α
of␈α
this␈α
software␈αto
␈↓ ↓H␈↓other␈α
computer␈αsites␈α
and␈αdevelopment␈α
of␈α
software␈αto␈α
support␈αservices␈α
such␈αas␈α
inter-site␈α
mail␈αand
␈↓ ↓H␈↓≡le transfer.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        It␈αis␈αour␈αintention␈αto␈αput␈αDialnet␈αsoftware␈αin␈αthe␈αpublic␈αdomain,␈αand␈αwe␈αhope␈αthat␈αHewlett-
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Packard␈α∞will␈α∞do␈α∞likewise␈α∞with␈α∞Dialnet␈α∞software␈α∞developed␈α∞for␈α∞your␈α∞Decsystem␈α∞20.␈α∞ We␈α∞have␈α∞no
␈↓ ↓H␈↓opinion about this in connection with Dialnet software developed for HP computers.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈α
hope␈αthis␈α
letter␈α
meets␈αyour␈α
requirements␈αand␈α
will␈α
be␈αglad␈α
to␈αanswer␈α
any␈α
questions␈αabout
␈↓ ↓H␈↓the Dialnet project.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Director
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor of Computer Science