Re: PGPsdk is now free for non-commercial use

[Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>]

At 06:25 PM 11/16/97 -0800, Bill Stewart wrote:
>I'm pleased to see PGP Inc. permitting development of freeware,
>but at leased from a first reading of the license, 
>it's a _really_ restrictive definition of "freeware" - 
>not only does the software have to be free, but it can only be used 
>in extremely restrictively non-commercial activities.

The idea is simple: you make money from software that costs the authors
lots of money to develop or use their software in a business environment
(=to make money), you have to pay the people that spent time, effort, and,
yes, money, on making it happen.

Sounds reasonable to me.



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