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Date:      Sat, 5 Sep 1998 15:19:54 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>, Andre Oppermann <oppermann@pipeline.ch>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP: 3.0 enters BETA status in 12 days! 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9809051519170.21019-100000@picnic.mat.net>
In-Reply-To: <13773.905025691@critter.freebsd.dk>

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On Sat, 5 Sep 1998, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> 
> >I just checked Kirk's posts about it, and Andre falls into a hole
> >between where Kirk did and didn't specify.
> >
> >He said private, non-coomercial was free.
> >
> >He said companies that package it and sell it embedded should pay, and
> >that included ISPs, but there the example was ISPs who put a machine at
> >a customer's site.
> >
> >As far as ISPs using it themselves, it's unclear.  Kirk gave an example
> >of someone at work using on their workstation, and he said that was
> >free.  I'd guess Eivind's right, you'd have to check it with Kirk
> >McKusick.
> 
> But if an ISP deploys it on all their servers it is not free.
> 
> Kirks rates for such cases are very reasonable.

That's clear.  Good, also, as I'm going to need that info in about 2
months.

> 
> --
> Poul-Henning Kamp             FreeBSD coreteam member
> phk@FreeBSD.ORG               "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."
> "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal
> 
> 

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