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From: dd26+@andrew.cmu.edu (Douglas F. DeJulio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: SOME ADVICE FOR NEXT
Message-ID: <0b3U_TS00VI8EgY2Jm@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 6 Oct 90 16:13:19 GMT
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rca@cs.brown.edu (Ronald C.F. Antony) writes:
> In article <1990Sep28.233054.2605@portia.Stanford.EDU> azure@portia.Stanford.EDU (Lai Heng Chua) writes:
> >Take Lisp for example.  If you develop Lisp applications for the
> >NeXT that goes for $250, you don't want to have to have the
> >buyer pay $1500 for the Lisp.  Who is going to buy your app.?
> 
> Fortunately you can get a runtime license for Lisp and distribute it
> with your app. You then have to pay 2% of your price as license to
> Franz, inc.

How would this work if you want to put a program in the public domain?
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DdJ