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From: dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner)
Subject: Re: MacTCP Locations
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Organization: University of Illinois at U-C
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Date: Fri, 25 Jan 1991 16:48:59 GMT
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In article <231b3679.664787163@fergvax> 231b3679@fergvax.unl.edu (CS 231 section 2) writes:
>I'm not really sure if you're supposed to actually pay for MacTCP (what is it,
>a ResEdit/System Software scenario?), but the best way to get a copy of it is
>to find PD MacTCP application, like Eudora.  Eudora is bundled with MacTCP

The University of Illinois has a license to redistribute MacTCP in conjunction
with its software.  My understanding of the license is that "its software"
includes Eudora and NCSA Telnet (though NCSA chooses not to redistribute
MacTCP).

A copy of MacTCP obtained from UIUC can ONLY be used in conjunction with
UIUC products.  If you want to run tn3270 or MacX, you are supposed to
use a DIFFERENT copy of MacTCP.

This is exactly the sort of license that Apple gives to people who want
to redistribute system software.

I do not wish to start a discussion on the reasonableness or enforceability
of the agreement; I just want to set the record straight on the license
as I understand it.

OPINION: I am grateful to Apple for the terms of our license.  It is nice
to be able to distribute the complete Eudora package.

>Problem is, I'm pretty sure it is
>bundled with an older version of MacTCP, like 1.0.1.

If there's a newer version than 1.0.1, I'd like to know about it.
--
Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office
Internet: s-dorner@uiuc.edu  UUCP: uunet!uiucuxc!uiuc.edu!s-dorner
