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List:       debian-devel
Subject:    Re: Corel's distro and the GPL
From:       John Goerzen <jgoerzen () complete ! org>
Date:       2000-04-15 21:38:19
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But this is yet again irrelevent.  The thing that started this thread
was:

> 	I have been corresponding with Bradley M. Kuhn of the Free Software
> Foundation about some concerns I have with the Corel distribution of
> GNU/Linux (the downloadable ISO).  I mailed him a listing of all of the files

This specifically mentions the downloadable ISO.  So in the context of
this discussion, it seems to me that the same thing is being done.
Hence the confusion.

Samuel Tardieu <sam@debian.org> writes:

> On 15/04, John Goerzen wrote:
> 
> | No, I don't think I am.  Corel makes both the binaries and sources
> | available via FTP.  I am still wondering where the specific
> | difference is?
> 
> The difference is that we (Debian) do not make CDs. If we made CDs, then
> we would have to give the sources at a reasonable price using CDs or a
> written offer to do so for the next 3 years. But the specific difference is
> that we do not make the distribution available on CDs, we only ease the job
> of people making them by providing a file *by FTP* which already has the
> appropriate format.
> 
> 
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