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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: Re: Kermit - Is protocol licensed or the software available on University of Columbia website
Date: 1 Jul 1999 13:47:58 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
In article <7lf868$7ui$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, <yasutaka@my-deja.com> wrote:
: I've read a document about licensing on the
: University of Columbia, but couldn't understand
: whether the Kermit protocol itself is licensed or
: the softwares (namely Kermit95, C-Kermit)
: available from the website of University of
: Columbia. I just wanted to confirm that it is
: really not the Kermit protocol that is licensed.
: In other words, I don't have to buy a license for
: implementing the Kermit protocol.
:
That is correct. The protocol itself is not licensed.
However, it is usually more cost-effective to license
the appropriate Kermit software than it is to develop
a Kermit protocol implementation from scratch when you
want to include Kermit protocol in a product.
- Frank