<story><title>AT&amp;T lawyer stopped Plan 9 release CD with songs by Lou Reed, Debbie Harry</title><url>https://www.tuhs.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/tuhs@tuhs.org/message/H2XN5ONL3XAAUFVERXNYKS7QOZAOGBFA/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>WalterBright</author><text>When I developed the first native C++ compiler around 1987, I thought I&amp;#x27;d better check with AT&amp;amp;T&amp;#x27;s lawyers if I could:&lt;p&gt;1. sell a C++ compiler&lt;p&gt;2. call it C++&lt;p&gt;Their lawyer was very nice, and said sure. He also laughed and said he appreciated that I was the only one who bothered to ask.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cgriswald</author><text>In the early internet days, when I was young and learning HTML, the book I used to learn recommended &lt;i&gt;asking permission&lt;/i&gt; to link to a website. I thought that was weird, but I was a rule follower then. So I, a kid, sent a message to the &amp;#x27;webmaster&amp;#x27; of a local government site and dutifully asked permission to link to their home page.&lt;p&gt;The said no.&lt;p&gt;If I&amp;#x27;m ever a super-villain, I&amp;#x27;m using this as my origin story.</text></comment>
<story><title>AT&amp;T lawyer stopped Plan 9 release CD with songs by Lou Reed, Debbie Harry</title><url>https://www.tuhs.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/tuhs@tuhs.org/message/H2XN5ONL3XAAUFVERXNYKS7QOZAOGBFA/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>WalterBright</author><text>When I developed the first native C++ compiler around 1987, I thought I&amp;#x27;d better check with AT&amp;amp;T&amp;#x27;s lawyers if I could:&lt;p&gt;1. sell a C++ compiler&lt;p&gt;2. call it C++&lt;p&gt;Their lawyer was very nice, and said sure. He also laughed and said he appreciated that I was the only one who bothered to ask.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>WalterBright</author><text>P.S. Bjarne Stroustrup and especially Andrew Koenig were super nice and supportive of my efforts in those days. The nascent C++ community was very welcoming.</text></comment>