Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARGUS.STANFORD.EDU!khanna From: khanna@ARGUS.STANFORD.EDU.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: SU-MacIP (Stanford's version of MacIP) Message-ID: <8612121925.AA22987@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Fri, 12-Dec-86 13:04:00 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8612121925.AA22987 Posted: Fri Dec 12 13:04:00 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 15-Dec-86 00:42:29 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 25 Approved: info-applebus@c.cs.cmu.edu < I don't want to sound abusive, but why this "university only" policy? We (BBN) have contributed to publicly available Appletalk (and other Macintosh) software, and I'm working on permission to contribute more. I don't see how you can justify treating part of the research community (universities) differently from the rest.> ----------------- Dan, I could not agree with you more. But the Office of Technolgy Licensing at Stanford imposes certain restrictions on what we can or cannot do. I do not set the policy and just convey it (also take all the abuse from people hurt by the policy !). I'll talk to my director to see if we anything can be done about the policy. I'm glad that you raised the issue, though. I remember a long debate about six months ago on pcip discussion group. After lot of discussion people seemed to think that universities should not be in this sort of business anyway. I sort of disagree in the sense that many departments in universities have limited funds and, many times, their options are limited to free-software or no software. raman