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- From: pmacdona@sanjuan (Peter MacDonald)
- Subject: Re: SLS: now available (for testers)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug16.235704.14752@sol.UVic.CA>
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- Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria B.C. CANADA
- References: <1992Aug15.224805.26718@crd.ge.com> <1992Aug16.023634.21330@sol.UVic.CA> <1992Aug16.184115.27017@wixer.cactus.org>
- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 92 23:57:04 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug16.184115.27017@wixer.cactus.org> rhodesia@wixer.UUCP (Felix S. Gallo) writes:
- >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
-
- See below
-
- >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.
- >
-
- It will not be available at all. Softlanding is withdrawing the distribution
- service, and since no copies have been distributed as yet, none will
- be hurt. I will let the internet lawyers and philosophers hack out
- amongst, themselves what is "the right thing to do". Leave me out of
- it. I have no time to deal with "contributors" like the above.
- I only work on Linux out of a joy of hacking, not due to some
- imagined heinous capitalistic bent. But SLS is still available via ftp.
-
- So, as before, if you have any constructive suggestions, not already
- put forth, I would be pleased to hear them.
-