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From: dfox@belvedere.sbay.org (David E. Fox)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: HELP Needed: Linux & BSD Unix
Date: 17 May 1996 19:22:04 GMT
Organization: Dave's Really K-rad Linux Box
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In article <31977BC4.5104AB6B@lambert.org>, Terry Lambert wrote:

>I thought "freely redistributable" meant "without obligation
>on the part of the distrubtor".  Otherwise there is a cost
>associated with redistribution... the obligation incurred.
>For GPL, this means becoming a distribution center (or
>information hub) for a period of two years.

I don't understand what you mean by this. Have all the Linux distributors
(cd rom people) been a "distribution center" for two years, or have
all the Linux ftp sites (and mirrors thereof) been up for that
long?

>                                        Terry Lambert
>                                        terry@lambert.org
>---
>Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
>or previous employers.


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