On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Richard Stallman wrote: > agree that they will use the software only in accord with the license > is ok, provided the license is a free software license.
I doubt that it will be. Corel Linux is based heavily on Debian, which of course is (almost?) all free software... (Hell, it's the only well-known GNU/Linux dist that specifically calls itself "GNU/Linux" and not just "Linux")... but something tells me that this license won't be a free software license. Check it out... > > If the license is a free software license, then it permits you to put > the software on your own ftp site and allow anyone to copy it. So > that is a thing you could "do about" the situation. Provided that that is allowed by Corel... I do not have a site with such bandwidth to spare. :/ Perhaps someone out there would be willing to put up their dist for download, for the sole purpose of bypassing that EULA. However, I am under the -distinct- impression that Corel would consider anyone obtaining their distribution without agreeing to their EULA 'illegal'/'immoral', or in other words "against their rules". > I will send mail now to fetch the URL you mentioned. Meanwhile, could > you or someone determine for me whether specific GNU packages such as > GCC and GNU Emacs are included in the software that this question > applies to? > I was not able to find Emacs at all; it does, however, include this: -rw-r--r-- 1 3100 3100 722218 Jan 2 1999 gcc_2.7.2.3-7.deb It may contain Emacs, but I didn't find it. -- = Jon "Caspian" Blank, right-brained computer programmer at large = .--------------------------------------------------------------------. | Freelance coder and Unix geek / Founder, The Web Union (twu.net) | | Information wants to be free! Visit www.gnu.org. | | WANTED: Writers who share the GNU philosophy. www.forsmarties.net. | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://caspian.twu.net | | Send a short message to my cell phone: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | `--------------------------------------------------------------------'
