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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!bcm.tmc.edu!pendragon!news.msfc.nasa.gov!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!svc.portal.com!news1.best.com!nntp1.best.com!dfox From: dfox@belvedere.sbay.org (David E. Fox) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: HELP Needed: Linux & BSD Unix Date: 17 May 1996 19:22:04 GMT Organization: Dave's Really K-rad Linux Box Lines: 27 Message-ID: <slrn4ppkku.2ef.dfox@belvdere.vip.best.com> References: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960510184925.26923A-100000@leonis.nus.sg> <31977BC4.5104AB6B@lambert.org> Reply-To: dfox@belvdere.vip.best.com NNTP-Posting-Host: belvdere.vip.best.com X-Newsreader: slrn (0.8.8 UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:104358 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1076 In article <31977BC4.5104AB6B@lambert.org>, Terry Lambert wrote: >I thought "freely redistributable" meant "without obligation >on the part of the distrubtor". Otherwise there is a cost >associated with redistribution... the obligation incurred. >For GPL, this means becoming a distribution center (or >information hub) for a period of two years. I don't understand what you mean by this. Have all the Linux distributors (cd rom people) been a "distribution center" for two years, or have all the Linux ftp sites (and mirrors thereof) been up for that long? > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org >--- >Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present >or previous employers. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David E. Fox Tax Thanks for lettimg me dfox@belvdere.vip.best.com the change magnetic patterns root@belvedere.sbay.org churches on your hard disk. -----------------------------------------------------------------------