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      CREN is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with
L-Soft providing updated versions of LISTSERV and L-Mail to CREN members
who are currently using earlier versions of LISTSERV-NJE for VM and/or
LMail for VM. The agreement covers the period beginning now and ending
June 30,1995.  In particular:

*  For the period beginning now and ending June 30, 1994, CREN members
   already using LISTSERV-NJE and/or LMail are eligible to receive the
   new L-Soft versions of the program(s) they are now using (1.8a and/or
   1.2a, respectively) at no cost to the member, upon signing an L-Soft
   Software Maintenance Agreement for the relevant program(s). Those
   members will have their software maintenance (including any updates)
   for those programs paid for by CREN through June 30, 1994.  The
   maintenance agreement is for L-Soft category II support, with L-Soft
   providing updates and problem fixes, but CREN, rather than L-soft,
   providing the initial point of contact for problem reporting and
   resolution.  (More specifics on how to report problems will be
   forthcoming in the next few days.)  L-Soft will distribute  software
   updates and program fixes directly to participants on BITNET.

*  From July 1, 1994 through June 30, 1995, CREN members who have
   executed a maintenance agreement prior to June 30, 1994 will have the
   option of continuing to receive category II maintenance through CREN
   at a discount from L-Soft's current list price by a percentage which
   may be as large as 50% depending on the number of CREN members
   participating in this program.  (We will reach the 50% level if
   approximately 1/3 of the current users of this software elect to
   continue. At the 50% discount level the annual category II
   maintenance cost will be $1,250 for LISTSERV only, $675 for LMail
   only, or $1,662.50 for both LISTSERV and LMail.)  CREN will continue
   to be the initial point of contact for maintenance, and CREN will be
   responsible for billing members who elect to continue maintenance and
   for paying L-Soft.  Participants will have to notify CREN and L-Soft
   of their desire to continue maintenance by June 30, 1994 in order to
   be eligible for maintenance from July 1, 1994 to June 30, 1995.
   Obviously it would help everyone if we knew quickly how many will
   continue so that we can announce what the discount will be.  Members
   who elect not to continue their software maintenance from L-Soft
   beyond June 30, 1994 may continue to use the versions and updates
   received through that date as long as they remain CREN members but
   will, of course, receive no further support or updates.

*  CREN members who have already signed a software maintenance agreement
   with L-Soft are eligible for the CREN discount from the termination
   of their present agreement with L-Soft until June 30, 1995.

*  CREN members as of December 1, 1993 who were not using one or both of
   these programs at that time have the option of licensing either or
   both from L-Soft upon signing an L-Soft license agreement and paying
   L-Soft's standard one-time or annual license fees on or before June
   30, 1994.  They are then eligible for the CREN discounts on the
   maintenance of this software.  Organizations which become CREN
   members after December 1, 1993 must be approved by L-Soft in order to
   be eligible for the CREN maintenance discounts.


      There are limitations to the CREN - L-Soft agreement, in addition
to those mentioned above:

*  The agreement (including its price guarantees and volume discounts)
   terminates on June 30, 1995.

*  The agreement does not include the TCP/IP versions (for either VM or
   other operating systems) of LISTSERV or other L-Soft software, all of
   which L-Soft considers to be new and separate products.  In
   particular, LISTSERV-TCP/IP is not considered to be a maintenance
   upgrade to LISTSERV-NJE, so a separate license agreement will have to
   be signed and either one-time or annual license fees paid to L-Soft
   in order to obtain this product.

*  Because support for LISTSERV is possible only when used on CPUs that
   participate in the NJE network, the provision of services under this
   agreement for LISTSERV will cease in the event that the licensed CPU
   is permanently disconnected from the NJE network.


      The entire CREN - L-Soft Agreement, including the version of the
L-Soft Software Maintenance Agreement appropriate for CREN member
participants in the CREN - L-Soft Agreement, will shortly be available
in plain-text from LISTSERV@BITNIC as the series of files CREN LSOFT-1,
CREN LSOFT-2, CREN LSOFT-3, and CREN LSOFT-4.  Both plain-text, RTF, and
PostScript versions of the Agreement will also be available (in
sections) via ftp from info.cren.net.

      Please send any questions or comments you may have on this
agreement to INFO@BITNIC (info@bitnic.cren.net), or to
conklin@educom.edu.


Ken King
  Executive Director, CREN

Jim Conklin
  Director, BITNET/CREN Network Information Center