Images and text transcripts of the correspondence between John Backus and Edsger Dijkstra, 1978-1979. Ref: https://medium.com/@acidflask/this-guys-arrogance-takes-your-breath-away-5b903624ca5f#.j6x6ppjc8 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11796557
Thanks a lot for your work โ this looks like a very interesting read.
However, I was startled to see the indication of the CC license. IANAL, but to my knowledge, in most jurisdictions the copyright for the letters belongs to their authors (Dijkstra and Backus) and their heirs, typically for 50 to 70 years since the death of the authors. Unless you managed to get the current rights holders grant this license, there is no license and indicating otherwise is misleading.