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- From: rhodesia@wixer.cactus.org (Felix S. Gallo)
- Subject: Re: SLS: now available (for testers)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug16.184115.27017@wixer.cactus.org>
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- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 92 18:41:15 GMT
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- pmacdona@sanjuan (Peter MacDonald) writes:
- >
- >Please go back and (re)read my first SLS posting. In it I clearly
- >state that Softlanding will make C source available as per GPL, but that
- >they discouraged it. However, I expect few to want it because it would
- >be horrendously large.
-
- How 'available' will it be, considering the next paragraph in which
- you say that you don't actually have the source yourself? If I buy
- your distribution, will you then, at no extra cost, send me the
- source? Didn't think so.
- >
- >You also seem to have erroneously assumed that I have such a source
- >tree in my possession. If so, it is incorrect. SLS is a composite
- >of binaries that were posted (MCC, MJ, X11, and many miscellaneous) plus a
- >a pile I compiled. As I told Ted, Softlanding will not, I repeat NOT
- >charge for any software/scripts/configurations it develops. It charges
- >only for copy service. If you find the stated price unacceptable,
- >then please excercise your free market right to go elsewhere.
- >
- >To be clear, I have not, and will not, volunteer to set up a
- >centrally administered source tree for Linux. Although I am not denying
- >that there may be some merit to it, I just don't have the time (do you?).
-
- If you don't have time to comply with the GPL, then you're in the
- wrong business.
-
- >Instead, I did something that wasn't all that difficult [...]
-
- If it isn't all that difficult, then why are you balking at providing
- a (very easy to put together) source tree? If you want to make money
- by distributing the software, you have to obey the rules which the
- software was written under. Your laziness is no excuse.
-
- >If you want the source tree so bad, I suggest you either go to 386BSD or
- >you do it yourself. I am a little taken aback, however, at your trying
- >to use the GPL to bully me into doing it. I haven't the time. But
- >I weighed what I could do, that would, in my opinion, benefit the
- >Linux community maximally. I didn't really expect everyone would agree
- >with that.
-
- Again, your laziness is no excuse. If you don't have the time to do
- the job right, then don't do it -- you're not doing us or anyone else
- any favors.
-
- >BTW: The Softlanding Distribution has one primary goal. To remedy the
- >fact that Linux is not visible outside of electronic networks. The hope
- >is to generate enough revenue to support advertising. If it makes money
- >beyond that, then the owner of Softlanding (no, it is not me), will be
- >pleased. But I doubt personally that there will be enough demand to do that.
-
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