Subject: Re: Studies
From: Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com>
Date: 1 Dec 1997 03:01:29 -0000
LPD writes:
> >Do these licenses provide a commercial licensing option, or do they simply
> >prohibit sale?
kermit@columbia.edu writes:
> If you have obtained C-Kermit on a CD-ROM collection of "free software",
> C-Kermit was very likely included without permission.
My guess is, Peter, that they do not have a commercial licensing
option, since the above sentence would be a significant disincentive
against licensing C-Kermit for distribution on a CD-ROM.
Saying "All people who do X are likely criminals" where X is your
target market, seems counterproductive to me.
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