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[Paul Borman prb@bsdi.com]

> From: Lucio de Re <lucio@proxima.alt.za>
> 
> Very well formulated.  The license restrictions remain a stumbling block
> but it would be nice to ask Lucent to change them, if we could decide what
> it is that we all want :-)

Have you asked them?  I believe the license agreement states that you
should.  As an anecdote, I wanted PGP but did not want to risk litigation.
I grumbled, as everyone did, that the only way to get it was through
ViaCrypt, which must be way too expensive.  Finally I called ViaCrypt and
asked about it.  It turned out that instead of the thousdands of dollars
I expected to hear, it was only $149.  When you look at it as a one time
insurance premium it does not look so bad!  Anyhow, contact Lucent first
and see what happens.  I don't know what will.  Maybe they will surprise
you (and hopefully in a good way!)

> My two cents' worth is that I'd like to use Plan 9 commercially, although
> in a very restricted environment: I operate as a low key ISP, and I'd like
> all my computers to be served from a Plan 9 core network - one or two
> clients would similarly benefit from running Plan 9 instead of Windows NT
> as a core server.

I certainly hope you don't think if you fail to get licensing terms from
Lucent that your only other option is NT!  Several other options spring
to mind without even thinking about it.

				-Paul Borman
				 prb@bsdi.com