The Gatemaker Project: Letter announcing a grant issued by Sun Microsystems in support of Christopher Alexander’s work and research efforts towards the development of prototype software system demonstrating the use of Patterns. With Sun’s comments on the agreed terms.

The Gatemaker project provides an enlightening lens through which to examine the interplay of ideas between Christopher Alexander and computing, over the last half-century. Interest in his work became intense by 1996, so his team secured funding for a research ...