Packet size & number of windows in UUCP

Neil Todd neil at ist.CO.UK
Tue Feb 23 22:26:24 AEST 1988


>From article <19 at dcs.UUCP>, by wnp at dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul):
> In article <157 at istop.ist.CO.UK> neil at ist.CO.UK (Neil Todd) writes:
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>  >New release is currently on the cards, as for getting it that is
>  >possibly a problem is it is NOT PD.
> 
> If getting it is a problem, and it is not PD, how come the majority of sites
> in UK use it? Are the majority of sites in UK source licenced? If not, how
> do they get it?
> 
> A definitive  and authoritative comment from UKC would still be welcome!

Still not UKC - but UKUUCP has been set up to allow binary distribution,
but still to have a lot of tailorability (horrible word!).
This might be the answer to the availability problem.

Many sites in the UK are universities and thus do have source licences.

Neil

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