I would like to address a couple of the comments which have been posted with regard to the GPL status and availability of freeVSD-1.4.10.
freeVSD-1.4.10 is, and always has been available to anyone, free of charge and courtesy of IDAYA via anonymous CVS. In the early days of open-source software this was typically the only form in which software was available and wholly fulfills the obligation of the GPL to make source code available. IDAYA has chosen not to make available a source tarball or produce RPMs of the freeVSD-1.4.10 release at this time. This has been done in order to encourage people to purchase the freeVSD CDROM. You will all understand the time and effort in building a freeVSD server, for a small fee we are making the CDROM available, giving the option to people who want to purchase it of saving enormous time and effort that could be better utilised. You are free to obtain the GPL source via CVS and expend the necessary time and effort yourself. I should also point out that when it comes to installation on remote servers I am not sure what we can additionally provide beyond the RPMs and pre-built skels we are making available on the second CDROM. In the future, the latest versions of freeVSD software will initially be made available for purchase on CDROM. Packaged versions of the latest release will, at a later date, be made available for download via ftp from freevsd.org. All releases and ongoing freeVSD development will continue to be available for download via anonymous CVS. At a later date I hope it will possible for IDAYA to make available packaged versions of the latest releases and even iso images. Unfortunately, at present, it is not. IDAYA have every intention of continuing the freeVSD project towards its stated goal of 'establishing freeVSD as the most advanced and finely tuned web hosting system available'. IDAYA will soon be launching a commercial release of freeVSD, named proVSD, which, while based on freeVSD, offers considerable advatanges in terms of optimisation, functionality and support. We anticipate that proVSD will be the package of choice for serious web-hosting applications. However, proVSD will not replace freeVSD. Those who continue to use freeVSD will continue to benefit from the support, improvements and enhancements which will be passed onto freeVSD from proVSD development work. This mirrors the arrangement of countless other open-source projects and means IDAYA will be continuing to serve the open-source community. Tim Sellar Chief Technical Officer IDAYA Ltd ------------------------- The freeVSD Support List -------------------------- Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=subscribe%20freevsd-support Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe%20freevsd-support Archives: http://freevsd.org/support/mail-archives/freevsd-support -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
