hpoppe@bierstadt.scd.ucar.edu (Herb Poppe) (02/09/90)
In article <1990Feb8.040223.1498@intercon.com> amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker) writes: > >You can also get a complete TCP/IP driver (with sample code and complete >documentation) from Apple. It's called MacTCP, and costs $100 for a single >copy, $2500 for a non-commercial use site license. This will let you open ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >TCP connections to other machines and transfer data across them. It's a >little more complex than using the serial driver, but as long as you have >a reasonable amount of Macintosh programming experience and some knowledge >of TCP/IP, it's not at all hard to use. I just yesterday dropped a purchase req. and the license paperwork for MacTCP off with our contracts people and the non-commercial price was $1000. Since I don't think the price changed overnight :-), perhaps $2500 is the commercial price. -- Herb Poppe NCAR INTERNET: hpoppe@ncar.ucar.edu (303) 497-1296 P.O. Box 3000 CSNET: hpoppe@ncar.CSNET Boulder, CO 80307 UUCP: hpoppe@ncar.UUCP
amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker) (02/09/90)
In article <6250@ncar.ucar.edu>, hpoppe@bierstadt.scd.ucar.edu (Herb Poppe) writes: > the non-commercial price was > $1000. Since I don't think the price changed overnight :-), perhaps > $2500 is the commercial price. Hmm. Then again, they may have lowered the non-commercial license fee sometime during the last n months. Since we got our commercial MacTCP redistribution license, I haven't paid too much attention... -- Amanda Walker InterCon Systems Corporation "Many of the truths we cling to depend greatly upon our own point of view." --Obi-Wan Kenobi in "Return of the Jedi"
simon@alberta.uucp (Simon Tortike) (02/10/90)
I have a question about MacTCP: if I want to use NCSA Telnet MacTCP
version (a software product I believe is in the public domain) do I then
have to buy MacTCP through the official channels, or can I use the MacTCP
which came with another product? Is MacTCP distributed more or less in the
manner of Apple's system software, i.e., users do not pay for a licence other
than indirectly through the application software which has the system
software bundled with it and when the user buys a Macintosh?
The remarks so far refer to paying for MacTCP licences when programming
with it.
Thanks,
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and Petroleum Engineering, | CDNnet : simon@cs.UAlberta.CA
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Edmonton, AB, CANADA T6G 2G6. | lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein) (02/13/90)
In article <1990Feb10.025432.25925@cs.UAlberta.CA> simon@alberta.uucp (Simon Tortike) writes: > have to buy MacTCP through the official channels, or can I use the MacTCP > which came with another product? Is MacTCP distributed more or less in the > manner of Apple's system software, i.e., users do not pay for a licence I believe that MacTCP works like other Apple system software. You need a license from Apple to distribute it. So companies shipping products have to license MacTCP if they want to include it on their disk. Once a user has MacTCP, however, then s/he can use it with any program. MacTCP is a bit different in that it is not shipped with every machine, so you can't write a PD program that uses it and assume everyone will have it. People can buy MacTCP from APDA (and get the programming documentation), or organizations can get site licenses. I don't think the APDA product includes a license to distribute MacTCP. For more info, contact Apple's software licensing department. Larry Rosenstein, Apple Computer, Inc. Object Specialist Internet: lsr@Apple.com UUCP: {nsc, sun}!apple!lsr AppleLink: Rosenstein1