Chris Shenton
Mar 2, 1993, 11:06:40 AM

A couple nits/questions.

I do not work for/at an educational institution. Most of the
discussion about licensing has centered around the ``Commercial''
versus ``Educational'' dichotomy. Would NASA, a non-commercial and
non-educational institution be required to procure a license?

While Mr. Linder's explanations sound reasonable, well-intentioned,
etc, I wonder how similar they are to the legalese that must
necessarily be issued by U of MN. Rarely do techies and lawyers agree
on things: I am very concerned that the latter may usurp the freedom
espoused by the former.


In summary: before we commit much more time/effort to Gopher(tm), I
would like to analyze a *legal* document describing the licensing
policy. If too restrictive we would have to bail, no matter how open
the developers of Gopher(tm) wish it to be. And that would be a shame.

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-- Chris Shenton she...@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov NASA/GSFC/HSTX 301-286-7905