Computer History Museum

Personal computer (PC) software workshop : legal issues : contracts

Dan Bricklin and Dan Fylstra discuss VisiCalc's various contract issues, including how the original contract between Personal Software and Software Arts was done and their royalty arrangement. They discuss other types of contracts including the end-use shrink wrap license, dealer and distributor contracts as well as developer contracts. They end by talking about the relationship with both IBM and Atari for VisiCalc.

Item Details

Date
2004-05-06 (Made)
Type
Document
Catalogue number
102701923
Organization
Computer History Museum
People
Thomas (Tim) Bergin (Historian)
Dan Fylstra (Participant)
Carol Anne Ances (Editor)
Oscar H. Schachter (Moderator)
Jeffrey Yost (Historian)
John Toole (Participant)
Luanne Johnson (Participant)
Douglas Jerger (Participant)
Burt Grad (Participant)
Martin Campbell-Kelly (Historian)
Daniel Bricklin (Participant)
William Aspray (Historian)
Category
Transcript
Credit line
Software Industry Special Interest Group
Extent
24 p.
Place of publication
North America/USA/MA/Needham
Language
English
Acquisition number
X4621.2008
Subject
Software Patents, Atari, Inc., Lotus 1-2-3, Software Arts, VisiCorp, VISICALC, Personal Software (company), IBM
Archive collection
CHM Oral History Collection
Archive hierarchy
CHM Oral History Collection