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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: how to get DOS kermit c source code?
Date: 25 Oct 1995 00:02:57 GMT
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In article <46hf3j$li3@Mercury.mcs.com>, Leslie Mikesell <les@MCS.COM> wrote:
>...
>What I'm saying is that Berkeley copyrighted code has found it's way
>into almost everything, and has helped a lot of people. There is
>room for freeBSD, BSDI, and things like 'slirp', a slip/ppp emulation
>that is basically a full tcp/ip implementation running in user
>space that would never have happened if the base code had been
>restricted. Once upon a time I thought that was the philosopy
>behind kermit too.
>
It was, but times changed. I think you are missing the difference between
the Kermit project and various other projects on the net that you
associate with "free software". The difference is: we are working on this
full time, and with some of us, it is our real job -- even our career. We
are here for the long haul, as long as there is a demand, to develop and
support Kermit protocol and software. You can't say that about most of
the other software that you cite. The BSD project is shut down, the
people scattered to the wind. Many of the other examples are one-shot
deals -- the people who created them moved on to something else -- you
can't get good, dependable support for that type of software. You can for
Kermit.
By the way, if you or anybody else wants to contribute code, make
improvements, etc, nothing is stopping you. But you have to leave
administration of our copyright up to us, because long after you have
moved on to something else, we will still need to be here.
- Frank