Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!parc!masinter From: masinter@parc.xerox.com (Larry Masinter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm Subject: Re: Where/how can I get MacTCP? Message-ID: Date: 24 Apr 91 05:45:19 GMT References: <1991Apr12.160016.4044@groucho> <1991Apr22.143451.14134@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: news@parc.xerox.com Organization: Xerox PARC, Palo Alto, CA Lines: 39 In-Reply-To: dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu's message of 22 Apr 91 14:34:51 GMT In article <1991Apr22.143451.14134@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) writes: > MacTCP is a CDEV and driver that applications can use to talk TCP/IP > on the Mac. You can buy it in several ways: > $100 (or so) "MacTCP Development Kit" from APDA. Individual copy of MacTCP > and documentation. > $2000 (or so, list) user's site license. Right to use MacTCP anywhere in > your organization. > $5000 (or so, list) distribution license. Right to distribute MacTCP with > applications you develop. > My price info may be wrong. The license fees are (I think) yearly. > I think Apple intends that developers of applications will buy the > distribution license, and that end users will get MacTCP along with > applications that use it. This is a bit of a problem for freeware/shareware > authors, who can't afford $5000/yr in licensing fees. > Note: you may be able to cut a deal with Apple on the fees, if they think > your product has or will sell a lot of Macintoshes. Apple was very generous > with UIUC because of NCSA Telnet. > -- > Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office > Internet: s-dorner@uiuc.edu UUCP: uunet!uiucuxc!uiuc.edu!s-dorner It was $2500 for a 'site' Developer license for Xerox. Commercial and university prices may differ. Perhaps the redistribution license is yearly, but internal use is not. EMail me if you want the ocr (send internet email address) or a fax (send fax number) of the license agreement. -- Larry Masinter (masinter@parc.xerox.com) Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) 3333 Coyote Hill Road; Palo Alto, CA USA 94304 Phone: (415) 494-4365 Fax: (415) 494-4333