hi yep. that makes sense to me - as they're published in a sense that self made (ie burnt) discs are not - and, as i've said earlier, libs in general are pretty welcoming when it comes to people donating stuff. so long as one goes thru the process and it meets the criteria/standards that are applied to all acquisitions. cheers peter -- Computers are like air conditioners. They stop working when you open Windows.
=================================== On Sun, 04 Nov 2001 11:17:08 +1300 Nick Elder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > With regard to the line mentioned in this months meeting report: > (advertising and/or perhaps donations of linux distributions to public > libraries (such as the Wellington LUG appear to be doing at the moment)) > >...................................................................................................................................................... > I have looked back through the wallylug list archive. And it seems that > they acquired 50 copies of the "Download Edition" (Single CD Edition) of > Mandrake Linux version 8.0. Of which they recently donated to various > libraries around the Wellington area. Asking the libraries to add them to > their catalogue for lending. > > I suspect that libraries would have accepted these very easily compared to > "burned" copies as we/I had assumed. > > Nick Elder > ...................
