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From: sansom@trwrb.UUCP (Richard Sansom)
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Subject: Re: Are all kermits public domain?
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Date: Thu, 19-Jun-86 18:33:13 EDT
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With regard to the question about Kermit being in the public domain,
the following lines are from the official Columbia University Kermit
distribution package:

    "Kermit is a voluntary effort.  Although the Kermit protocol was
     designed by us at Columbia and many of the Kermit programs were
     written by us, the majority of programs were contributed from
     elsewhere..."

    "The software, sources, and documentation remain free.  Kermit is
     distributed in this manner with the understanding that it will
     never be sold as a product per se.  This is done in the hope that
     use of Kermit will become widespread enough to make communications
     between any two computers a real possibility rather than a pipedream."

    "Kermit is non-proprietary, thoroughly documented, and in wide use."

Does this help you any?  If not, then I would say (in my opinion)
that the version of Kermit supplied with the developer's kit is very
close (if not identical) to the sample Kermit program supplied in the
back of the Kermit protocol manual (written in C).  If this is the
case, then it _is_ in the public domain.

Richard E. Sansom
TRW Electronics & Defense Sector
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