[ale] Lindows vs the semi-annual Windows suck-a-thon

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Yes, but there are plenty of mirrors to download from at speed. Just pick one 
that is used less.

Drew


On Monday 24 February 2003 7:12 pm, Greg wrote:
> suse has no iso's  - true, but you can install with a floppy and either a
> net install or an ftp install (the download of all of the programs used for
> a personal ftp install is quite a while, since they either have a slow
> server or are throttling the bandwith).
>
> Greg
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of cfowler
> > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 7:32 PM
> > To: ale at ale.org
> > Subject: RE: [ale] Lindows vs the semi-annual Windows suck-a-thon
> >
> >
> >
> > I've allways speculated on why the assembly of OS programs into a
> > distrubution
> > can be freely downloaded.  In the case of RedHat,  I firmly
> > believe that anyone should be able to download any package that
> > is OSS on its
> > distribution free of charge.  However, the assembly of that
> > software into what
> > we call RH 8.0 should be paid for.
> >
> > I'm guilty like most of just downloading from the website and doing my
> > own support.  I've only purchased one version of RH and I think that was
> > 4.2 and I
> > also bought the CDE development kit.
> >
> > So I think Lindows has the right to do what they do.  The ought
> > to make the
> > software like ssh, init, binutils, gcc, and etc. aavailable to those who
> > want them but we should pay for the product called "Lindows" itself.
> >
> > I believe that RH may be smart and start selling its disti and
> > not allowing
> > it to be freely downloaded anymore.  I give them total support for this
> > if they did it. I believe SuSe does it since I've not been able to find
> > the latest and greates iso available for free.  RH will just wait
> > till it gets a
> > good solid userbase.  Like MS not going after people who pirate
> > until they get
> > a big userbase.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > On 12/31/1969, "Greg" <runman at speedfactory.net> wrote:
> > >Exactly.  I posted before my research.  Of course, CodeWeavers did leave
> > >them since Lindows didn't want to share, and many members of the open
> >
> > source
> >
> > >community don't like the way Lindows operates - especially since 99% of
> > >their system is from open source to begin with and they haven't
> >
> > played nice
> >
> > >with everyone else in the sandbox by sharing code.
> > >
> > >Greg
> > >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of
> >
> > Jason Day
> >
> > >> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 6:37 PM
> > >> To: ale at ale.org
> > >> Subject: Re: [ale] Lindows vs the semi-annual Windows suck-a-thon
> > >>
> > >> On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 05:15:46PM -0500, Greg wrote:
> > >> > On the GPL issue, well, I *think* that Lindows, Inc interprets
> > >>
> > >> the GPL to
> > >>
> > >> > say that they have to provide the source code to USERS only,
> > >>
> > >> and in order to
> > >>
> > >> > be a user you need to pay at least $49.00 for the OS.  Their EULA
> >
> > (!??!)
> >
> > >> > says this also (note the  first sentence "source code" ???)
> > >>
> > >> This is allowed by the GPL.  I don't know the correct paragraph off
> > >> the top of my head, but a quick search of the GPL FAQ should provide
> > >> answers.
> > >>
> > >> On the other hand, while Lindows, Inc is well within their rights to
> > >> only supply source code to users who have bought the binary, there is
> > >> nothing to prevent a Lindows user from putting the source on a public
> > >> FTP server, or distributing it in any other way.  If their EULA claims
> > >> otherwise, then that would be a violation of the GPL.
> > >>
> > >> Jason
> > >> --
> > >> Jason Day                                       jasonday at
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> >
> > att dot net
> >
> > >> "Of course I'm paranoid, everyone is trying to kill me."
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