[ih] Internet-history Digest, Vol 38, Issue 6

[John Shoch]

"The more interesting thing would be why they [Stanford] were upset at
cisco."

Well.....:
--Yeager started work on the router code at Stanford in 1980.
--cisco was officially created in 1984 (perhaps as an outside consulting
project?).
--In 1985 Yeager was asked for a copy of his code.
--In 1986 there were people who were apparently working both for Stanford
and cisco.  From an archive of email in 1986, evidently sent to a Stanford
email address:

Len, There are a number of matters that we need to talk about as soon as
possible.  .......

I would like to think that each of these problems can be addressed and
resolved satisfactorily.  But such a resolution may require a choice on
your part either to substantially disengage yourself from outside
consulting and pay much more attention to your responsibilities here or
to leave Stanford and proceed with the development of your company.  I
would like you to consider these points and discuss them with me next
Wednesday.

--As far as I can tell, the 1986 or 1987 license was an after-the-fact
effort to clean up a mess.....

So, if you want to dive into this particular swamp, wade through this 1986
email thread....all about conflicts of interest and more....
https://www.saildart.org/CISCO.MSG[1,LES]9



John