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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer.nether.net!chi-news.cic.net!data.ramona.vix.com!nnrp1.crl.com!not-for-mail From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: can I start subscription with v2.2.1? Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 04:12:20 -0700 Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM Lines: 26 Message-ID: <33799E14.15FB7483@FreeBSD.org> References: <33789C17.41C67EA6@uiuc.edu> <5lc19n$h6f@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: time.cdrom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40831 Brian Somers wrote: > > In article <33789C17.41C67EA6@uiuc.edu>, > Vlad <roubtsov@uiuc.edu> writes: > > Hi: > > Here is a simple question: can I get in on the FreeBSD subscription > > plan with Walnut Creek and have current (2.2.1) version included in it? > > Or would I have to purchase 2.2.1 separately? What [current+future] > > versions are covered by the subscription plan? > > > > Another question: once I get v.2.2.1 disk one way or another, can my > > friends install from it or there would be some sort of license/copyright > > restriction? > > > > Couldn't get a straight answer from info@cdrom.com: they just sent me a > > copy of what's in their home page...not very helpful. > > I *believe* you get to specify the first CD that you want delivered > when you subscribe via the cdrom.com web page. Have a browse. Yes, you can specify that your subscription start with any currently shipping CD (for which 2.2.1 is, indeed, an option). -- - Jordan Hubbard FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM.