Please remove PD-YACC sources from your machine IMMEDIATELY

[John F. Haugh II]

[ Sorry for the wide posting.  This really is very important ]

Below is a copy of a letter which was received recently from AT&T.  This
letter explains the status of the ``Public Domain'' YACC which I
recently posted about.  Because of the incredible speed (heavy sarcasm)
with which the USMail delivers letters, I didn't receive the delivery
notice until last week.  You should receive this posting before O. L.
Wilson receives his signed and dated letter back via U. S. Mail.

One interesting thing about this letter, the city in the address was
listed as Renner, which is the same city South Western Bell thinks I
live in for billing purposes.  Renner ceased to exist several years ago
when Dallas annexed it.  How do you think AT&T found out where I live?
Frightening isn't it?  Especially when you consider the correct address
is given in the UUCP maps? ;-) ;-) ;-).

Immediately after the letter is a list of systems which may have
received a copy of YACC via anonymous UUCP.  Please check that your
system is not listed, and if it is, that you do not have a copy of this
software on your machine.  Unfortunately I don't have the logs going
back this far, but if your machine is listed, it has been in contact
with rpp386 at some time during the period when YACC was available.
Some of the machines are within the AT&T system, please, I don't have
time to check the organization each machine belongs to.  If you are an
AT&T source licensee, you obviously don't have to worry.  I think ...
Also, the system names have been truncated to seven characters, courtesy
of UUCP and the R_stat file.  If you system name matches one listed
below to seven characters, please consider your system to have been
included in the list below.

Thanks,
- John.
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Dear Mr. Haugh:

There was a netnews article on April 19, 1988 announcing
that you had a list of files that [ are ] public domain.  One
of the files listed [ was ] YACC.  YACC is not public domain
software.  The software is AT&T's intellectual property
obtainable by licensing only.

We must have your assurance that you have ceased
distributing copies of YACC and that you have destroyed all
copies in your possession.

You may certify that you have ceased making and/or
distributing copies of YACC and that you have destroyed all
copies of the software in your possession by signing and
dating the attached copy of this letter in the spaces
provided therefor and returning such copy to us.  If we
receive such signed and dated copy within thirty (30) days,
we will consider the matter closed.

                              Very truly yours,

			      (signed) O L Wilson
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