Kermit Software - Licensing
Kermit Software to be Open Source
In the time remaining until 30 June 2011, all Kermit software will be
converted to Open Source under the
Revised 3-Clause BSD
License.
- C-Kermit 9.0 will be released with
the Revised 3-Clause BSD license. CLICK HERE
to see the license.
- Source code for Kermit 95 will be published
with the Revised 3-Clause BSD license, except for certain modules or portions of
modules which are the intellectual property of other companies. Code that
already has an Open Source license other than the Revised 3-Clause BSD License
will retain the license it already has.
- Kermit 95 itself will not be rereleased as a
binary installable application because it includes strong encryption
capability, which is controlled by USA export law. and because it contains
proprietary non-Columbia code, and because the copyright on the online
manual is held by Manning Publications. It will remain a commercial
product. Single copies will continue to be available from the normal
channels: Amazon.com,
e-academy, and so on. Bulk
Licenses may be purchased (without technical support) from Columbia Technology
Ventures.
- E-Kermit will be published with Revised 3-Clause
BSD license.
- A blanket license will be published on the website placing all other
software in the Kermit archive to which Columbia University holds the
copyright under the Revised 3-Clause BSD License (it is not practical to
change thousands of source files, and in most cases it is not possible to
make new builds of these old programs).
Previous Licenses
Kermit 95, for Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, and
XP, and for OS/2, is commercial software; it must be purchased and licensed.
- CLICK HERE for Kermit 95 pricing and
licensing terms.
Most other Kermit software, including
MS-DOS Kermit
and
C-Kermit,
has special terms that allow it to be obtained over the network for your own
use, or for use within your institution or company, without cost or license
but does not allow it to
be resold or otherwise provided to customers or clients of commercial
enterprises, or included with any product (including CD-ROM software
collections), without the written permission of Columbia University.
Exception: As of version 7.0, C-Kermit is automatically licensed for
inclusion with Open Source operating system distributions such as Linux,
OpenBSD, and FreeBSD:
For other forms redistribution, see our:
Also see:
For further information, or send e-mail to
kermit@columbia.edu.
Institutional and corporate users of Kermit software are asked to help support
our work by purchasing adequate copies of the
manuals
and providing their own internal technical support (which may liaison with
ours) rather than sending all of their users straight to us for help.
Kermit - Licensing / Columbia University / kermit@columbia.edu / 1 Jan 2002
