[juneau-lug] Re: January Meeting

  • From: James Zuelow <e5z8652@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 22:48:27 -0900

On Wed, 18 Dec 2002 20:57:24 -0900
"Clay Robidoux" <loki@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> true enough, but then again I have yet to have the need to "tweek"
> any code for a new platform.. besides which I would think it would
> be near impossible to port from sparc to Intel.
> 
> with the available distros for whichever architecture you happen to
> be running it would seem to be a redundant chore to port something
> over..
> 

Well, that wasn't really my point anyway.  I should have used a better
example.

With Solaris, you are not even allowed to copy the CDs and share them:
 
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http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/binaries/faq.html#1q2
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For that reason alone, I would strongly discourage anyone from sharing
their Solaris CD set at a LUG meeting, or implying that it is OK to do
so.  According to the copyright owner it is not.  It would be just
like "sharing" your Windows 2000 CD set.  

The whole point of free software is that we can use it, share it, play
with it, and learn from it without having to wear eye patches and say
"aarrgh" all the time.

Cheers,

James

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