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  1. Article: 12819 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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  3. From: billy_ball@home.org (bball)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.protocols.kermit.misc
  5. Subject: Re: Announcing C-Kermit 8.0 Beta.03
  6. Date: 25 Sep 2001 03:19:17 GMT
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  15. Xref: newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:16303 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:180151 comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc:19176 comp.os.linux.misc:519350 comp.protocols.kermit.misc:12819
  16.  
  17. On 20 Sep 2001 15:58:38 GMT, Frederick Bruckman <fredb@immanent.net> wrote:
  18. >In article <9o7ipr$b8b$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu>,
  19. >    fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz) writes:
  20. >> In article <9o75d0$bh7ug$2@ID-49635.news.dfncis.de>,
  21. >> Thomas Mueller <tmueller@bluegrass.net> wrote:
  22. >>: In comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc bball <billy_ball@home.org> wrote:
  23. >>: > perhaps this has been discussed before, but why is C-Kermit not
  24. >>: > available via netbsd.org? is this a decision by developers or
  25. >>: > Columbia?
  26. >>: 
  27. >>: I think this is a copyright issue.  I believe Kermit is not included with
  28. >>: Linux or the other BSDs, either.
  29. >>: 
  30. >> Nothing prevents C-Kermit from being included with Linux, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
  31. >> or OpenBSD.  The copyright specifically allows it:
  32. >> 
  33. >>   ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/c-kermit/COPYING.TXT
  34. >> 
  35. >> and indeed distributors of all of these free OS's are welcome and invited
  36. >> to include it.  C-Kermit is included in some Linux distributions; sometimes
  37. >> in the base package, sometimes with the "power tools" or whatever.
  38. >
  39. >Not to cloud the issue with facts, but binary packages of kermit-7.0.96
  40. >have been available for download on ftp.netbsd.org for nearly every
  41.                                                         ^^^^^^
  42. >architecture NetBSD supports for over a year now. Just look, huh?
  43.  
  44. 'nearly' doesn't include hpcmips... although rebuilding minicom provides a
  45. viable client... 
  46.  
  47. >
  48. >Frederick
  49.