Columbia University Kermit 95 Licensing Options Dated: 31 March 2000 Pertains to: Kermit 95 communications software for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and OS/2 I. GENERAL TERMS Kermit 95 software and the accompanying documentation are copyrighted and protected by law. They may be used only under license. The licensed material may not be posted in public download areas, submitted to user groups, placed on CDROMs, included with any product, or redistributed in any other form without license to do so. All prices, terms, and conditions are subject to change. All prices are in US dollars. Kermit 95 is available for Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows 98 (which run only on Intel platforms); for Microsoft Windows NT (3.51 or later) on Intel and Alpha platforms; for Microsoft Windows 2000 (which runs only on Intel platforms); and for IBM OS/2 3.0 or later on Intel platforms only. NOTE: Kermit 95 does not run under Windows 3.x or Win32s. * INDIVIDUAL AND SMALL-QUANTITY ORDERS * BULK RIGHT-TO-COPY LICENSES * ACADEMIC SITE LICENSES * BUNDLING AND RESELLING * CONTACT INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ II. INDIVIDUAL AND SMALL-QUANTITY ORDERS Quantities under 100 are available only in the retail shrink-wrapped package, which contains the Kermit 95 CDROM (which contains the Kermit 95 software for all supported platforms plus the Kermit 95 online HTML manual), the C-Kermit CDROM, and the technical reference manual, Using C-Kermit, second edition, as a PDF file. The unit price is $64.00 US, plus shipping. Quantity discounts are available as follows: Unit Quantity Discount Price 1-4 0% 64.00 5-9 5% 60.80 10-24 10% 57.60 25-49 15% 54.40 50+ 20% 51.20 No other discounts apply. CLICK HERE for the retail order form. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ III. KERMIT 95 BULK RIGHT-TO-COPY LICENSES CLICK HERE for the bulk right-to-copy license order form. (But read the following material first.) Minimum quantity: 100. Minimum extension: 100. The licensee is entitled to make the licensed number of copies of the software for internal use (or, under terms of Section V, for customers or clients). A bulk right-to-copy license consists of: 1. A CDROM containing a preregistered copy of the Kermit 95 software 2. The Kermit 95 manual, also on CDROM in HTML format 3. One copy of the technical reference manual, Using C-Kermit, in printed book form. 4. A Kermit 95 Bulk License form for the number of copies purchased All users within (or clients of) the licensed organization share the same registration and serial number. The license covers employees (and in the case of academic institutions, also students) of the licensed organization, including contractors during the period of their contract. The Discount column shows the discount against the single-copy retail street price of $64. Unit Quantity Discount Price 100-249 84.38% 10.00 250-499 86.72% 8.50 500-999 88.75% 7.20 1000-2499 90.63% 6.00 2500-4999 92.19% 5.00 5000-9999 93.75% 4.00 10000-19999 94.84% 3.30 20000-39999 95.23% 3.05 Any number of copies (100 or more) may be purchased by paying the unit price per copy appropriate to the range, and Windows 95/98, Windows NT/2000, and OS/2 copies may be mixed and matched within the given discount range. "Site" or "unlimited" licenses are available only to academic institutions (see Section IV). To achieve freedom from copy counting and license administration, simply purchase sufficient licenses to cover the maximum expected number of users. The licensee must assume responsibility of preventing all manner of external access to the software, including, but not limited to, unauthorized redistribution of the software in any form by employees, or placing of the software on file servers, ftp servers, or Web pages that are accessible from outside the licensed organization. III.A. GOVERNMENT AND NONPROFIT DISCOUNT Government agencies (but not for-profit government contractors) and nonprofit tax-exempt organizations are entitled to a twenty percent (20%) discount on the final price. This discount applies only to bulk right-to-copy licenses. III.B. ADDITIONAL DISCOUNTS Printed, published copies of technical reference manual, Using C-Kermit, may be ordered in any quantity by bulk-right-to-copy licensees at a the following discounted prices: Title Retail Discounted Technical manual "Using C-Kermit"(*) 44.95 39.95 (*) Note: steeper discounts are available for Using C-Kermit in larger quantities; see the Using C-Kermit order form for the discount schedule. The Government and Nonprofit discount may not be used in combination with this discount. III.C. LICENSE UPGRADES The licensee may increase the size of its license by paying for additional copies at the rate appropriate for the total number of copies licensed, including those in the upgrade. The mininum size of an ugrade is 100 copies. For example, if 999 copies were originally licensed at $7.20 per copy, then 100 to 1500 additional licenses may be purchased at $6.00 per copy; 1501 to 4000 licenses at $5.00 per copy, and so on. III.D. SOFTWARE SUPPORT AND UPGRADES The licensee is entitled to technical support, software patches, and version upgrades at no additional cost for one year. After that, these services are available only to licensees who have paid an annual maintenance fee of twenty-five percent (25%) of the original license fee, for which bills are sent around the license anniversary. The licensed organization must provide technical support to its users, and may, in turn, obtain technical support from Columbia University through a designated single point of contact. If support lapses, and the licensee wishes to renew it, this may be done by: * purchasing a new license of the desired size, or: * paying the maintenance fees for all years for which they were not paid, including the current year. III.E. SERVER LICENSES Kermit 95 may be run from a central file server, as long as the number of concurrent users does not exceed the size of the license, and the server is not accessible from outside the licensed organization. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IV. ACADEMIC SITE LICENSES CLICK HERE for the academic site license order form. (But read the following material first.) An academic site license consists of: 1. A CDROM containing a preregistered copy of the Kermit 95 software 2. The Kermit 95 manual, also on CDROM 3. Five copies of the technical reference manual, Using C-Kermit, in printed book form. 4. A Kermit 95 Academic Site License form Kermit 95 academic site licenses are available at the rates listed below. An academic site license entitles all students, faculty, and staff at the licensed institution to individual, non-transferable use of Kermit 95, with no copy counting required, as long as they are students at or employed by the institution. End-user technical support must be furnished by the institution. Technical support to the instition is furnished through a single technical point of contact with the Kermit Project at Columbia University. For any single college or university: First year: $ 2,000 Subsequent years: $ 1,000 For a large university system, such as a statewide system (e.g. all of SUNY): First year: $ 10,000 Subsequent years: $ 5,000 Multiple Platforms: All Kermit 95 platforms, Windows and OS/2, are covered by the same license. All prices are in US dollars and apply worldwide. Rates are subject to adjustment. Prior Kermit 95 purchases -- shrink-wrap or bulk -- are not creditable towards the academic site license. Technical support and upgrades are included int the first year's license. The license remains active in subsequent years only if the annual maintenance is paid. An active license entitles the institution to continuing single-point-of-contact technical support and to software upgrades at no additional cost. If support lapses, and the licensee wishes to renew it, this may be done by: * purchasing a new license: * paying the maintenance fees for all years for which they were not paid, including the current year. The institution must assume responsibility for preventing all manner of external access to the software, including, but not limited to, redistribution of the software in any form outside the institution by students, faculty, or staff, or placing of the software on file servers, ftp servers, or Web pages that are accessible from outside the institution. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ V. BUNDLING AND RESELLING Kermit 95 may be purchased under the terms given in sections I, II, and III (but not IV) for the purposes of resale or redistribution, with the following additional provisos: 1. The given number of licenses is transferred from the supplier to the customer. The supplier no longer owns those licenses, and the customer is not entitled to more than that number of copies of the software. 2. Customers must be informed that they have been provided with Kermit 95 software from Columbia University, and all relevant copyright notices must be displayed. 3. The supplier must either: o Purchase a bulk right-to-copy license and provide all technical support for their customers, or: o Provide their end users with the full retail shrink-wrapped package. Bulk licenses are not intended for single-copy retail distribution. Individual end users must receive the fully documented and supported shrink wrapped retail package. Redistribution of bulk licenses is appropriate in a consulting, contracting, bundling, or embedding framework. If the licensee has purchased shrink-wrapped copies for resale or redistribution, then each end user registers each individual copy of the software using the serial number provided. If the lincensee has purchased a bulk right-to-copy license, then a single serial number and registration applies to all copies. It is up to the buyer of the bulk license to specify how it is to be registered. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VI. CONTACT INFORMATION Christine M. Gianone Manager Kermit Development and Distribution Columbia University 612 West 115th Street New York NY 10025-7799 USA Fax: +1 (212) 662-6442 or +1 (212) 663-8202 email: kermit@columbia.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kermit 95 Pricing / Columbia University / kermit@columbia.edu / 31 March 2000