From:	"Tim Bird" <tbird AT caldera DOT com>
Message-Id:	<9704010924.ZM21764@caldera.com>
Date:	Tue, 1 Apr 1997 09:24:18 -0700
In-Reply-To:	Pedro Giffuni <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>
	"The compiling tools" (Mar 31, 9:11pm)
References:	<33409900 DOT 434C AT fps DOT biblos DOT unal DOT edu DOT co>
To:	opendos-developer AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: The compiling tools
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Pedro Giffuni wrote:
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Hello:
> First of all I will state that although I much prefer Caldera over
> Microsoft, I don't like what Caldera is doing:
> 1) I cannot share OpenDOS with my friends, as it is not redistributable=
,
> and I cannot mirror it or have it distributed and updated with my Linux=

> or FreeBSD CD. Furthermore there is no document that says that GEM can
> be distributed with DJGPP once it's ported.
I am hoping that the redistribution problem will be fixed by the source
license (whenever the darn source gets here).

> 2) The nice amount of software they are licensing (CorelDraw and
> Worperfect and others) won't run unless I specifically buy Caldera=B4s
> OpenLinux. Since OpenLinux can't be ftp'd, even partially, I find it
> very disturbing in relation with the GNU spirit that has always covered=

> Linux.
Caldera is working on the ftp-able version of OpenLinux right now.  We
only decided to do one within the last few months, and it is stacked
up behind our other product releases.  It is not as simple as just
taking the contents of the CD and putting it on FTP, due to the
commercial components that we ship.  The install has to be modified
and some components re-compiled to be evaluation or demo binaries.
It should be available within about a month or two, however.

Tim Bird

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