Hi
04 Dec 2000, Sam Ewalt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> could you tell me where you have read that ??
SE> www.lineo.com/cgi-bin/drdos/faq
SE> says that you can download a copy for non-commercial use
SE> at www.drdos.org
Yepp ... you're right ...
maybe they should update their license ...
because this is what counts ...
but this is great news !
SE> drdos.org says that it's "free for non-commercial use"
SE> There's no mention of the license that I could see.
it's in the same dir as the download ;)
SE> There is also another site: www.drdos.net that gives working links
SE> to a Caldera ftp site where you can still download DR-DOS and its
SE> source code for free.
I have downloaded it ... if they are forced to shut down their site, than I
have a copy ;)))
SE> I suppose they want you to use it if you want, but if you're using it
SE> to make money they want to get paid.
sure ... this is 100% OK with me ...
But I really don't understand their doing ...
Why no annouce it on their website ...
SE> And I think if you're using it to make money--like at an internet
SE> cafe, you would need more than one license.
Not necessarily ...
example ... you own a cafe, and want to try if people would use an internet
connection, so you start with 1 computer ...
this is a single license, but still commercial
SE> And the license for non-commercial use never defines what a
SE> "reasonable amount of time" actually is. So I guess its "free until
SE> they decide you're being unreasonable." That sounds like a lawyers way
SE> of making it available for non-commercial use without surrendering
SE> copyright. They obviously want people to experiment with it and try
SE> it out and maybe develop profitable uses for it.
I don't think so ...
they say DOS is dead, let's forget that we spent money in order to buy the
code, and not even mention it anywhere on our site ...
we don't want the company having such an old fashioned image, that we still
play with DOS.
SE> I admit the situation is confusing.
yes ;))
But the really good news is, that they say you can download a copy for
non-commercial use ...
(it still does not say what you are permited to do with the copy after you
have downloaded it ;))))
SE> Except according to Lineo they aren't selling less than fifty
SE> licenses anymore. Which takes us around in a circle back to where
SE> this thread started.
I think they themselves don't know :))
SE> I say people should just feel free to go ahead and use it since Lineo
SE> is making it available.
_NOW_ I think so, too ;)
SE> Sam Ewalt
CU, Ricsi
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