>> Chris, not for libraries to use on their own systems, but to put >> on their shelves for borrowers to take home, install, and return >> the disks by the due date. >> >> This would require a purely free distro (no proprietary pkgs). > >I tried this a couple of years ago. The library did not want them. >Keep trying and if it works I would be prepared to make some distros >available.
A friend of mine who used to work in acquisitions at the Palmerston North public library asked me about some distros a few years ago. She's now on maternity leave and I don't know if her replacement is as keen. I can't understand why a library would turn down something free to put on their shelves. Unless they're worried about the legal ramifications, i.e. you can't put Win-XP install disks on a library shelf. They need to be made aware of the General Public License. Yuri This message may contain privileged and confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, distribution or reproduction of this message is prohibited. If you have received this message in error please notify the sender or Natural Gas Corporation immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Natural Gas Corporation of New Zealand Ltd (NGC), On energy, or any of NGC's subsidiaries or related companies.
