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From: BILLW@Sri-Kl.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Recent flame on single CPU software licenses
Message-ID: <612@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 2-Apr-84 20:41:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  2 20:41:00 1984
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Single CPU licenses are a sore point with me also.  SRI has what I consider
a good compromise with mark of the Unicorn (makers of EMACS clones...).
What we do essentially is buy one copy of the software/documentation/etc.
Then, for everyone at SRI who would like to run a copy of Mince, an unlucky
volunteer copies the disk into an approproate format and xeroxes all the
documentation, which is given to the new person in the "SRI Amythest users
group", and we send something like $50 to Mark ot the Unicorn.  Now,
Amythest (Mince/Scribble/BDS C) is normally about a $300 package.  MotU
can expect to get about 40% of that if distributed through normal channels,
much of which is actually spent, so MotU ends up getting a good deal.
Including copying costs, its costs each SRI person about $135, instead of
$300, which is a good deal for them.  Everyone feels good about the
arangment, which is good for everyone, and it encourages people at SRI
to use the same software, which is good for ME.  I think we have the same
deal for the IBMPC version of MINCE.

I wish other distributers had similar arrangments!  Right now, someone
comes into my office and wants to transfer files from his apple to our
KL, I tell him he has to go out and buy a copy of "the ASCII professional",
and then....  If I could just let him copy a disk and give me a charge
number, evything would worka lot nicer....

BillW