A Diagramatic Overview of CU-SeeMe(TM) Licensing and Distribution
The following descriptions are keyed to the Letter Labels (circled) in the
above illustration. A simplified version of this page is in
the works and will be posted shortly.
A. Freeware Executables. The Cornell Research Foundation will continue
to develop and distribute freeware executable versions of CU-SeeMe, by anonymous
ftp via the Internet. Permission to use, copy, and redistribute the binary
executable (whole and unmodified) will be included in the copyright and
permissions notice on the software and in the documentation.
B. PlugIn Software Development Kit (SDK) The Foundation plans to
release an SDK for CU-SeeMe Plug-ins for the Macintosh and PC. Plug-ins
are separately developed code modules that add functionality to CU-SeeMe
using a defined interface and linked into the application at load time.
The kit will be provided at no cost to developers under Cornell copyright.
The SDK will include documentation and example programs.
C. Ownership of Plug-ins. Plug-ins developed using the SDK will
be the property of the developer, to do with what they will. Cornell will
disclaim all responsibility whatsoever for third-party Plug-ins.
D. No Cost Limited Internal Use Only License. The Foundation will
grant a no cost license to source code of University Software for internal
use only with limited internal-only experimental binary distribution and
use.
E. No Cost Limited Redistribution License (NRL) Licensee will grant,
at no cost, a license to obtain University Software in source code, to modify
and redistribute modified executables, shown at F., to all via the
Internet, for non-commercial purposes only, with the requirement that the
holder of such license give rights to any modifications and enhancements
back to the Foundation and to the Licensee. Actual sources will be obtained
from Cornell.
G. Commercial License to University Software. Licensee will offer
a royalty bearing commercial sublicense for the source code of the University
Software, not enhanced or modified by Licensee. The license will provide
for development and marketing of enhanced executables, but not for further
sublicensing of sources to University Software.
H. Commercial License to Enhanced or Modified Versions. Licensee
will offer a royalty bearing sublicense to sources to commercially enhanced
versions of the University Software. The license will provide for development
and marketing of enhanced executables, but not for further sublicensing
of sources to University Software.
I. Commercial Executable Products-- Licensed End User Software.
Licensee and its commercial sublicensees will offer executable versions
of CU-SeeMe or of other products including CU-SeeMe technology under a variety
of royalty bearing arrangements, such as shrink-wrap distribution, site
licensing, and any appropriate commercial means.
Other Products Though not diagrammed in the illustration, Licensee
may, within the terms of the agreement, choose to offer, or to sublicense
others to offer a variety of hybrid or other products, such as a commercial
Plug-in SDK, an Audio/Video engine, customized source/object packages with
specialized API's, and others.
