From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 3 23:55:58 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from volodya.prime.net.ua (volodya.prime.net.ua [195.64.229.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F20F15333 for ; Tue, 3 Aug 1999 23:55:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andyo@prime.net.ua) Received: from prime.net.ua (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by volodya.prime.net.ua (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA00380 for ; Wed, 4 Aug 1999 09:56:24 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from andyo@prime.net.ua) Message-ID: <37A7E415.809B73F9@prime.net.ua> Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 09:56:22 +0300 From: "Andy V. Oleynik" Organization: M-Info X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en, ru, uk MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: MPPC? References: <199908040025.BAA02843@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Brian Somers wrote: > [..] > > > Have you seen http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2118.txt > > I have indeed. I especially like the bit that says > > 1.1. Licensing > > MPPC can only be used in products that implement the Point to Point > Protocol AND for the sole purpose of interoperating with other MPPC > and Point to Point Protocol implementations. > > Source and object licenses are available on a non-discriminatory > basis from Stac Electronics. Please contact: > > Cheryl Poland > Stac Electronics > 12636 High Bluff Drive, > San Deigo, CA 92130 > Phone: (619)794-4534 > Email: cherylp@stac.com > > I contacted Cheryl and she told me that I was *not* allowed to > implement the algorithm without a license and that a license was only > available under NDA - ie, if I write the code, it can't be free. > > If anyone can convince Stac to give me a license, I'll write the code. > Maybe USA's antimonopoly comeety? ;)) > > > Kent > [.....] > > -- > Brian > > Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! -- WBW Andy V. Oleynik (When U work in virtual office prime.net.ua's U have good chance to obtain system administrator virtual money ö%-) +380442448363 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message