From: "Tim Bird" <tbird AT caldera DOT com>
Message-Id: <9704021456.ZM26875@caldera.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 14:56:44 -0700
In-Reply-To: "Alaric B. Williams" <alaric@abwillms.demon.co.uk>
        "Re: The compiling tools" (Apr  2,  6:07pm)
References: <860000658 DOT 0520247 DOT 0 AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
To: opendos-developer AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: The compiling tools
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Alaric B. Williams wrote:
> > 2) The nice amount of software they are licensing (CorelDraw and
> > Worperfect and others) won't run unless I specifically buy Caldera=B4=
s
> > OpenLinux. Since OpenLinux can't be ftp'd, even partially, I find it
> > very disturbing in relation with the GNU spirit that has always cover=
ed
> > Linux.
>
> Hmmm, that's not too hot. Caldera people hearing this, any comment? Huh=
?

I already replied to this.  Did the response not make it back to the
list?  CorelDraw (and many other commercial components that Caldera
is licensing) can be run on other distributions.  WordPerfect may not
be, due to restrictions in our contract with Corel.  OpenLinux should
be ftp-able within about a month.

Tim Bird

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