From jose Sun Jun 18 23:54:07 1995 Return-Path: Received: by vhdl.vhdl.org (4.1/SMI-4.1/BARRNet) id AA17324; Sun, 18 Jun 95 23:54:03 PDT Date: Sun, 18 Jun 95 23:54:03 PDT From: jose (Jose Torres) Message-Id: <9506190654.AA17324@vhdl.vhdl.org> To: c.rowden@ieee.org Subject: P1076.2 Cc: jose, jparisi@stdsbbs.ieee.org Status: R Hi Cheryl, Regarding the written release you asked me to get from UC Berkeley to distribute an algorithm we are using in 1076.2, I just got a phone call on 6/15/95 from their technology licensing department in return to my letter dated 6/2/95 of which I sent a copy to you. The response I got from Catherine Whenmouph (Office of Technology Licensing, UC Berkeley) is as follows: "UC Berkeley does not grant any additional written distribution authorization to the copyright note already in the code; therefore, as long as you (IEEE/ P1076.2) copy the original copyright note without changes into your document, you can distribute the algorithm or its derivatives as per the guidelines in the copyright note." Therefore, they will not issue the release letter I requested. She also told me that IEEE (you or whoever you think is appropriate) are welcome to call her, but that no changes will be made to this decision which is their current policy. Catherine's address and phone number are Catherine Whenmouph University of California, Berkeley Office of Technology Licensing 2150 Shattuck Ave., Suite 510 Berkeley, CA 94704 (510)643-7124 Based on Ms. Whenmouph comments, we should consider that we have the required authorization from UC Berkeley to use and distribute the derivative work for the logarithmic function in P1076.2, since we copied the original copyright note without changes into P1076.2. Please let me know if you need any additional information regarding this matter. Regards, Jose A. Torres Chair P1076.2