# LIC: GPL ServPoET -------- ServPoET is a commercial version of the PPPoE server. While everything you received in this package is licensed under the GNU General Public License, ServPoET is not free software and is licensed under a traditional commercial license. ServPoET features RADIUS support, support for different realms, real-time server status reporting and a friendly curses-based GUI for administration. For information on ServPoET: In Canada: Contact David Skoll <dfs@roaringpenguin.com> (http://www.roaringpenguin.com/) In other countries: Contact Fine Point Technologies, Inc. (http://www.finepoint.com/) While ServPoET is licensed as traditional closed-source software, we still strongly support free software. To illustrate that support, we are committed to: - Porting all core server and client improvements from ServPoET to the GPL'd rp-pppoe immediately. For example, Release 3.1 of rp-pppoe incorporates many improvements to the server which were done as part of the ServPoET work. - Donating 5% of all our ServPoET revenues to the Free Software Foundation. - Two years after introducing a ServPoET feature, releasing that feature under the GPL. This is similar to the approach Alladin took with Ghostscript. We need to balance the creation of GPL'd software against the need to generate revenue to support software development, and we believe this model is the best option for Roaring Penguin Software and the free software community. -- David F. Skoll <dfs@roaringpenguin.com>
