> I am the sysop for a small ISP (140 Users) in a very remote
> Northern Canada town. Our system consists of a 19.2K outbound
> connection and a 400 Kbps inbound connection via satellite. In
> order to better help our subscribers we have toyed with the idea of
> keeping a local copy of Netscape 4.5, Internet Explorer, Outlook
> Express, Etc. on our local web server so that people can download
> directly from our local server, versus over the satellite link that
> sometimes has problems with the larger downloads. The smart
> download things don't reliably work through the satellite.
>
> What are the legal ramifications of this ? I figure the software is free
> of the internet any how, so what if we stock pile it. The lic. agreement
> is still agreed to/or not when installing the program. One of our
> directors is concerned that usually you have to take a cookie to get the
> software, and that is the "cost" if you will. Then again I know
> colleges,etc. that download it once and then through their LAN install the
> software many times. Thoughts ???
Have you tried contacting the sales depts. of MS, Netscape, etc.,
or even punching "ISPs" into their onsite search engine (though
MS has a pretty bad one)?  Many software companies actively
encourage this kind of thing.

Thank you.
David Jonathan Justman

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