Phar lap appears to be stubborn and clueless.  Looks like we need a different
product.

Anyone know of a good free 286 dos extender?  I'm still working on the Borland
thing.

--Perry

> 
> Hello Perry,
> 
> Unfortunately, we cannot help you here.
> We are not prepared to release any of our products under a freeware license.
> 
> If you know of any developers who need to use a DOS-Extender, please feel
> free to forward them to us directly.  We would be happy to introduce Phar
> Lap products to them.
> 
> Phar Lap has always been recognized as the leading dos-extender vendor
> because of our expertise in  product feature development and our expertise
> in technical support.  We hope you can continue using Phar Lap under our
> standard binary license agreement and run-time license agreement.  However,
> if you must find another dos-extender to work on this project, I do wish
> you luck in your development.
> 
> If you have any additional questions, please contact me at 617-661-1510
> ext.233.
> Sincerely,
> Maria Giatrelis
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 05:24 PM 12/8/98 -0800, Perry Harrington wrote:
> >Maria,
> >
> > Is there any possibility that Phar Lap would release their downrev
> products under
> >a freeware license?  Meaning, that a product which is N years old would be
> freely
> >redistributable?
> >
> > This product has sat in one of my desk droors for 5 years, unused.  I
> would like
> >to provide it's functionality to developers who could use it.
> >
> > If Phar Lap does not want to modify their License agreement, then the
> project
> >must find another DOS extender for development.  This project is a Open
> Source
> >project, so there is no entity that can be dealt with, only a loose
> collaboration
> >of developers.  
> >
> >Thank you,
> >
> >--Perry
> >
> >> 
> >> Dear Perry,
> >> 
> >> Thank you for your inquiry on Phar Lap's DOS-Extenders.
> >> 
> >> The Lite version of our dos-extender was used as a demo version.
> >> One cannot use the lite version to develop applications.
> >> 
> >> The full SDK can be used to develop applications and if you need to
> distribute
> >> the application, a run time license must be purchased.
> >> 
> >> A full SDK is sold per seat, per developer, per workstation.  In other
> words,
> >> you need to purchase one development SDK for each developer using the
> >> dos-extender.
> >> If you would like to purchase more development seats, please contact
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> 
> >> Our license agreement does not allow the distribution of obsolete versions
> >> of the Dos extender into
> >> a freeware or Open Source (re)distribution.  We cannot amend the contract
> >> to do so.
> >> 
> >> If you have any additional questions, please contact me directly at
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 
> >> 617-661-1510 ext.233.
> >> thank you,
> >> Maria
> >
> >-- 
> >Perry Harrington       Linux rules all OSes.    APSoft      ()
> >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]                      Think Blue. /\
> > 
> -- 
> Maria Giatrelis                                               [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Phar Lap Software, Inc.
> 60 Aberdeen Ave.                                      phone: +1 617.661.1510 ext.233 
> Cambridge, MA 02138 USA                               fax: +1 617.876.2972
> 
> 
> 
> 
> http://www.pharlap.com        http://smallest.pharlap.com     
>http://webfarm.pharlap.com
> 


-- 
Perry Harrington       Linux rules all OSes.    APSoft      ()
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]                         Think Blue. /\

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