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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: Re: LEGAL-KERMIT: may an ISP put up KERMIT (free) for customer use?
Date: 5 Oct 1999 14:01:33 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
Message-ID: <7td0bt$a7d$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu>
To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
In article <7tbnvv$46k@dfw-ixnews8.ix.netcom.com>,
David Combs <dkcombs@netcom.com> wrote:
: Because the fellow who kept a recent and correctly-compiled
: version of kermit has evidently abandoned using netcom,
: there remains only a half-working version -- one that
: downloads ok, but gets errors on uploading.
:
: Mindspring (bought netcom) is saying that one of us
: USERS has to put up a kermit, it we want one.
:
: Well, they allow us only 5mb of disk; over that, they
: CHARGE.
:
: One person from mindspring was saying that their hands
: were tied because your free-use license disallowed
: any "commercial" use -- including, they inferred, as an
: ISP, for their customers.
:
: QUESTION: just what IS the situation?
:
See:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/commercial.html
All the restrictions are on the REDISTRIBUTION of Kermit software; in
other words, on its commoditization. There is no restriction against
an ISP putting it up on their own site for their customers to use for
file transfer.
Refer them to us if they have any questions:
kermit@columbia.edu
- Frank