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Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 16:46:49 +0100
From: Oliver Wienand <wienand@rhrk.uni-kl.de>
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> Urgh, sorry, that's not quite right.  When you only point to the mirror,
> you have the problem that the software you're using on the CD might
> not be available on the mirror anymore, since the maintainer(s) moved
> on and erased old versions.  In that case you're violating the GPL
> again.  So you will have to make sure that the sources of the versions
> used on CD are available regardless of the state of the mirror.

I will put all the sources on the CD. The install programs will be 
updated on a regular basis, so that they should never be out of sync 
with the mirrors to much.

Oliver

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