Frode  and myself  signed, this  morning, a  slightly amended  version of  the
LISTSERV  contract  I  had  originally  proposed.  This  is  not  an  official
announcement, and there are still a number  of things to be done before Turgut
can actually start to provide maintenance:  at present, EARN sites are running
the code under  a license they have  obtained from me, with  the LMC authority
being set to myself. In order for EARN  to be able to provide support to them,
and to distribute the code to EARN sites  which do not presently run it, a new
version of  the license agreement  must be prepared  by the Exec  (to indicate
that the software  is now licensed by  EARN with my permission  rather than by
myself,  to define  the  conditions  under which  EARN  will provide  LISTSERV
support, etc). All the  EARN LISTSERV sites must then be  asked whether or not
they accept the  new license agreement, agree to change  the LMC authorization
to point  to Turgut  rather than  me, etc. I  will leave  EARN to  explain the
details in due time  - I just wanted to inform you that  the contract has been
signed.
 
  Eric