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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: how to get DOS kermit c source code?
Message-Id: <1995Oct19.144139.64259@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 19 Oct 95 14:41:39 MDT
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In article <465u7q$kpu@Mars.mcs.com>, les@MCS.COM (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
> In article <1995Oct15.111935.63789@cc.usu.edu>,
> Joe Doupnik <jrd@cc.usu.edu> wrote:
>>> I only can get unix or vax kermit c source code
>>> via archie or net serach.
>>-----------
>> The only Columbia Univ DOS Kermit is MS-DOS Kermit. It is mostly
>>assembler plus the TCP/IP part is in C. It is fully copyrighted and thus
>>one can't steal the source code without legal agreement.
>> Joe D.
>
> No matter how many times I see this it still grates on my nerves as
> I recall the old kermit documents that described how the name was
> chosen and said something to the effect that "kermit is free and
> always will be". (Or is my memory at fault here?) I have nothing
> against proprietary products, but couldn't you have changed the
> name when the philosophy changed?
>
> Les Mikesell
> les@mcs.com
-----------
With all due respect Les, you are wildly off base with that remark.
Columbia Kermits have never been "Public Domain"; the code is fully copyright.
The products are available to you free. The Kermit protocol is open and free
to everyone to use. The protocol does not mean the code and programs. Any
trouble understanding that?
Joe D.