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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: New FreeBSD user with problems
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 19:09:57 -0700
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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To: Michael Craft <jsi@idiom.com>
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Michael Craft wrote:
> 
> > > It still seems odd that FreeBSD comes with minicom but without the
> > > Zmodem package, or any other package to download with.
> >
> > The original Unix Zmodem package is proprietary software, that cannot
> > be legally distributed on a CD-ROM.
> 
> Linux has it.

Then they're breaking the law and inviting the wrath of the author down
on them.  We know, we heard from him back when *we* were distributing
rzsz in the ports collection. :)

But as someone else has already pointed out, lszrz is already available
and being distributed now.  I just get annoyed when I read all these
mails saying "Hey, my Linux CD has a copy of kermit and rzsz and
Netscape and Mosaic and everything on it - what's wrong with you guys??"
(the answer to that question being "we're too legal, sorry.").
-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM.