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Michael,
   This is interesting.  I saw Doug just a month ago and he hadn't 
mentioned this.  Where did he make this announcement?  Did he give any 
detail about the license he plans to release Cyc under?  Will it be truly 
open source using the GNU Public License?
   If and when portions of Cyc get released, and if the legal framework is 
such tha