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Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 20:23:00 -0700
To: Tim Bird <tbird AT caldera DOT com>, mwebb AT mail DOT enterprise1701 DOT com
From: Robert Sears <bobbitchin AT hempseed DOT com>
Subject: Re: Is Dr. DOS still free?
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So it is ok for charity organizations such as Computers for Kids
(http://civic-access.org/comp4kids/index.html) to download and redistribute
Dr-DOS on computers we refurbish for kids?


At 01:01 PM 7/1/98 -0600, Tim Bird wrote:

>My understanding is that DRDOS itself is still "essentially" free for
>non-commercial use, but that WebSpyder is not.  Not much has changed
>with regard to the freeness of DRDOS itself over the last year.  The
>license is essentially the same as it has always been.  I helped craft the
>license, and non-commercial redistribution has always been allowed.  It's
>even bolded in the license, in part III, bullet item 6:
>
>"REDISTRIBUTION OF THE SOFTWARE IS PERMITTED FOR NON-COMMERCIAL PURPOSES"
>
>The license qualifies this with some junk about not removing copyrights,
>etc., but I can't seem to convince anyone that it's OK to post
>(redistribute) DRDOS for non-commercial use anywhere.
>
>Tim Bird
>
>