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In article <1992Oct11.034746.2844@unlv.edu> slumos@unlv.edu (Steve Lumos) writes:
>>I'm not sure if this was a question, but, yes, the OS/2 PDK CD-ROM
>>does have IBM TCP/IP 1.2.1.
>Just so that I can get everything that I have heard perfectly clear in
>my mind: Owners of the CD-ROM are under licence to discontinue use of
>its contents on 12/15/92, right? 

Correct.  According to the shrinkwrap license, you are obliged to quit
using the contents of the ($15!) CD-ROM as of December 15, 1992.  (At
which point another CD-ROM will be available -- in fact, the second
version of the CD-ROM should be available just about now.)

What does that mean exactly?  It means that IBM doesn't want you using
old beta code in your programs (to get you to test with the release
level code) and that they won't answer questions about the contents of
the CD-ROM after that date.

It is very similar to the shrinkwrap license you get when your order
the free beta of OS/2 2.0 (with Win-OS/2 3.1).

>I heard something to that effect. If IBM is really and truely 'giving
>away' all of these goodies to anyone who promises to write programs
>for OS/2, we are going to have a flood to deal with (YES!)

It is an incredible deal, and I urge everyone who wishes the Toolkit,
C Set/2, LAN Server 3.0, TCP/IP 1.2.1, programming information, etc.,
to get ahold of this CD-ROM.  For $15 you get an awful lot.  Just make
an effort to comply with IBM's wishes, namely that if you install one
hundred copies of TCP/IP in your company, don't make 100 copies off
this $15 CD-ROM -- go out and get the real thing.

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