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Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 10:20:42 -0500 (EST)
From: Peter Berdeklis <peter AT chinook DOT physics DOT utoronto DOT ca>
To: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Repost of gzip patch
In-Reply-To: <199701282355.SAA22339@delorie.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.91.970129101943.22483A-100000@chinook.physics.utoronto.ca>
MIME-Version: 1.0

On Tue, 28 Jan 1997, DJ Delorie wrote:

> 
> > Also attached the zipped executables for the lazy ones like me.
> 
> Please don't do this.  Posting binaries wastes a LOT of bandwidth and
> disk space, and is probably going to end up cancelled by one of the
> cancelbots that monitors the comp.* newsgroups.
> 
> It's also a violation of the GPL to post a binary without its source
> in a given forum.  Since the djgpp distribution isn't distributed via
> usenet, someone who has ONLY usenet can get this binary and not the
> sources, and YOU will get in trouble for violating the GPL.

My apologies.  Wont happen again.

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Peter Berdeklis
Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Toronto

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