From:	Rez <rividh DOT minusthispart AT earthlink DOT net>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: cdrom distribution of DJGPP (Cygwin and DRDOS)
Date:	Tue, 21 Sep 1999 23:38:34 -0700
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Richard Dawe wrote:
> 
>OpenDOS is now DR-DOS. There is a trial version, but I think you must pay
> to use it. In other words, I don't think it is free for non-commercial
> use. I tried to download it a while ago, but didn't for this reason. So,
> redistribution is probably out of the question as well.

It is still free for private use. The license
(ftp://ftp.calderathin.com/pub/drdos/LICENSE.TXT) is essentially similar
to the old Netscape license: it's free for an "evaluation period" which
is 90 days for commercial use, but if you are a noncommercial entity,
the "evalution period" is "for a reasonable period" (legal CYA for "as
long as you like, but not called 'unlimited' because that could cause us
to legally lose control over it". Netscape's lic. said "for private use
the evaluation period never ends" or something like that.) 

Later on it says that the software MAY be distributed for noncommercial
use.

I am using 7.03 on one system and so far all is well. DJGPP apps like it
and its DPMI just fine. 

~REZ~

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