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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.os.lynx,comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Availability of C-Kermit 6 for LynxOS
Date: 25 Jun 1997 14:08:25 GMT
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In article <ECBEMH.Ftu@Watt.COM>, Steve Watt -- KD6GGD <steve@Watt.COM> wrote:
: In article <33B04526.6C8F@gstworld.net.nospam>,
: Brett Hunsaker <bhunsaker@gstworld.net> wrote:
: >I am currently using C-Kermit, 4C(058) 19 Mar 86 under LynxOS. Is any
: >newer version available?
:
: You can get a more current one from Columbia University,
: http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/
:
: The reason that 4C is shipped with LynxOS is that it's very nearly the
: last version that was freely distributable. Since then, the licensing
: terms have changed so that vendors may not include kermit in products.
:
If the LynxOS company would let me give away their products to my users,
maybe I'd have some sympathy for that position.
Vendors may not include Kermit software in their products without permission.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Did they bother to ask? No. So what is the result? Their customers have an
ancient version of Kermit and and we get the tech support burden. Who wins?
Nobody.
Contrast with (for example) Hewlett Packard. They ship an up-to-date and
fully supported version of C-Kermit with each HP-UX release. Everybody is
happy.
Lynx customers should encourage the company to do the right thing: either
make an honorable agreement with us to distribute our software, or else stop
doing it.
- Frank