On 26/06/07, Eric Boutilier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, Shawn Walker wrote:
> > On 26/06/07, Eric Boutilier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, Peter Tribble wrote:
> >> > By people, what's the target audience at this stage? I think my question
> >> is
> >> > really whether the first "release" is aimed at users, or whether there
> >> should
> >> > be a 0.0 "release" solely for the purpose of Indiana bootstrapping?
> >>
> >> Good question. So that raises the issue of "non-emancipated"
> >> (non-redistributable) files. That is, should there be a 0.0 or 0.1
> >> release that includes them in it? (I vote no, FWIW.)
> >>
> >> And if not, wouldn't that be the main constraint here?
> >
> > Non-emancipated is not the same as non-redistributable. Remember that
> > there are binary "blobs" that are redistributable. There are several
> > files right now that can be redistributed but have not been
> > emancipated that are very important for the basic system. (libm.so
> > comes to mind... I think).
>
> Yes, thanks. I meant non-redistributable.

I don't even know that we have a list of what is non-redistributable.
I would have to agree that is probably a pretty important point for
the first release. That way the iso can be downloaded, shared, and
mirrored everywhere.

I know there is a list of what is "encumbered", but is anyone aware of
a list of what it isn't redistributable?

-- 
"Less is only more where more is no good." --Frank Lloyd Wright

Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/
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