FYI, I just got this (anonymous) reply from Corel. Peter ------- Forwarded Message
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 16:45:55 -0500 From: "Feedback Linux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Free Download End User License Agreement Hi Peter, Sorry I was not able to get back to you earlier, but I got a little bit of email that day. Corel is merely satisfying a Canadian law (Corel is a Canadian company) that states that it is illegal for a company to enter into a contract with a minor. Regards, Linux feedback Corel Corporation Peter S Galbraith wrote: > A few days ago, I wrote to you: > > > Hello, > > > > http://linux.corel.com/products/linux_os/eula.htm says: > > > > 1.YOU CERTIFY THAT YOU ARE NOT A MINOR AND THAT YOU AGREE TO BE > > BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT IN THE LICENSE > > BELOW. > > > > The Debian GNU/Linux distribution (and the GPL) on which Corel > > Linux is based has no such requirements (that the end user be 18 > > years of age). Therefore Corel is itself BREAKING the license > > that allows them to modidy and redistribute GPLed code. > > > > Please have the decency to remove this notice before it winds up > > on Slashdot, or worse, before code authors make you do so. > > > > Peter Galbraith (not speaking for Debian as a whole, just myself), > > Debian developer > > As it turns out, it did wind up on www.slashdot.org. > > It's likely that Corel is not doing anything illegal here. Corel > is just doing something stupid, greatly annoying some of the > people who are supplying Corel with code Corel can sell. > > Peter Galbraith (not speaking for Debian as a whole, just myself), > Debian developer ------- End of Forwarded Message
