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From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein)
Subject: Re: New FreeBSD user with problems
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Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 16:11:51 GMT
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Michael Craft (jsi@idiom.com) wrote:
: > >> The original Unix Zmodem package is proprietary software, that cannot
: > >> be legally distributed on a CD-ROM.
: > >Linux has it.
: > 
: > Linux does not have it because Linux is a kernel. Any distributions that
: > ship with the zmodem package is in violation of copyright law.
: 
: So, Slackware is an illegal distribution of linux?
: 
: The lrzsz package is illegal?  kewl.

How do you get "lrzsz" out of "original Unix Zmodem package"?