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In article <yg4lo5nw3na.fsf@lombric.intra-net>,
  kimminh.kaplan@utopia.eunet.fr wrote:
>
> >>>>> On May  9, 1997, David A Cuthbert said:
>
> David> ComponentSoftware Ltd. makes a port for Win95/NT of the GNU
> David> RCS; look at http://www.componentsoftware.com/csrcs/ .
> David> Unfortunately, it isn't free ($49 single-user, $199 for five
> David> users).
> [...]
>
>   Isn't GNU RCS GPLed ?
>
> Kim-Minh.

ComponentSoftware RCS (CS-RCS) consists of two separate components:
(a) GNU RCS application ported to the Win32 environment.
(b) The CS-RCS GUI (front end).

While the GNU RCS component is GPLed as required, the frond-end component
is proprietary. Since the GNU RCS application is actually free, the
registration is required for the front-end portion only. This concept has
been approved by the Free Software Foundation (FSF).

Anyhow, there are few free ports of GNU RCS to DOS and nobody is bound to
purchase CS-RCS unless he or she appreciates the CS-RCS GUI benefits.

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David Matyas			davidm@ComponentSoftware.com
ComponentSoftware		http://www.ComponentSoftware.com

Makers of CS-RCS -- GNU RCS compatible document revision control system
for Windows 95/NT.

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