> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Klein [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 10:02 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: MPE Licensing
>
>
> On 6 Dec 2002 at 9:41, Chuck Ryan wrote:
>
> > Ah, the old foot in the door method.
> >
> > If we get everyone to discuss what the fee should be they are less
> > likely to question the fee itself.
>
> As has been stated before, there are pieces of MPE (and in some
> cases, very integral pieces like Mentat Streams [internal IPC] code)
> that are licensed from 3rd party vendors and are part of the core OS.
> I sincerely doubt that we will be able to get them to give away
> licenses for free.
>
> So, please, let's not focus on "the fee itself" and spend some time
> trying to ascertain what might be considered a reasonable fee as I
> think was Jon's intent.
>
>

Then it is an exercise in futility.

The fee will not be determined by what we consider reasonable, but by what
these vendors will accept as a licensing fee.

Comments are my own, not my employer's... etc.





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