Re: Freeport information

["L. McCarthy" <lmccarth@ducie.cs.umass.edu>]

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Michelle Montpetite writes (forwarded by Sam Kaplin):
> Anonymous users have read-only access (e.g. they cannot
> post to the bulletin boards nor send e-mail);
[...]
> Prerequisite software
> 
> FreePort is distributed in source code.  You will need
> typical Unix program development tools including an C
> compiler, yacc, and linker.  The publicly available
> layered software mentioned above is available from
> various ftp sites on the internet,

(where ?)

> or is available from CWRU as a complete collection of the prerequisite
> source code.

(where ?)

[...]
> Installation and maintenance of the FreePort software
> requires an experienced Unix Systems Programmer.  The
> technical support person requires 'root' access to
> install and configure the various prerequisite
> communications software.
[...]
> Licensing
> 
> A 5-year renewable FreePort 2.3 license for a nonprofit
> site is $850 ($2800 for-profit).  The software is
> shipped as a "tar" file on 8mm Exabyte cartridge, or
> for extra cost, on 1/2" magnetic tape or DC6150
> cartridge.

I'm still not clear about what's free and what costs eight hundred bucks.

>  The software is AS IS. 

Stupid is as stupid does ? Zen and the art of software maintenance.

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