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Re: FWD: C-Kermit & potato



On Fri, Dec 17, 1999 at 02:56:04PM -0500, Vaidhyanathan Mayilrangam wrote:
> From the C-kermit website (http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/licensing.html)
:         You may obtain it over the network for your own use, or
: for use within your institution or company, but it may not be resold or
: otherwise provided to customers or clients of commercial enterprises, or
: included with any product (including CD-ROM software collections),
: without the written permission of Columbia University.

> I do not think the above will let us redistribute the software. Please
> feel free to correct me if I am wrong.

The license in question does not yet seem to be final
(ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/test/text/COPYING.TXT):
[Excerpt]
: The C-Kermit software, in source and/or binary form, may be
: included WITHOUT EXPLICIT LICENSE in distributions of OPERATING
: SYSTEMS that have OSI (Open Source Initiative, www.opensource.org)
: approved licenses

Please see the whole thing.  Will it suffice for "non-free"?

	-Paul <kimoto@lightlink.com> (long-time C-Kermit user)


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