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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux v FreeBSD Which?
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 17:40:15 -0800
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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Paul Nguyen wrote:
>    Linux is much easier to install.  For example, Kermit and Zmodem
>   are not on the FreeBSD cdrom, so

Because of copyright restrictions plainly stated by the authors.

If you're getting them off of Linux CDROMs then someone is breaking the
law and we can hardly be blamed for attempts to respect the author's
wishes.

-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM.