Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 12:48:08 -0700 From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@gdead.adm.ispchannel.net> To: Mark Ovens <markov@globalnet.co.uk> Cc: "Gray, David W." <David_W_Gray@tvratings.com>, "'FreeBSD Chat List'" <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: distro? Message-ID: <19990629124808.A5618@gdead.adm.ispchannel.net> In-Reply-To: <19990629203135.A253@marder-1>; from Mark Ovens on Tue, Jun 29, 1999 at 08:31:35PM %2B0100 References: <01D4D419B1A4D111A30400805FE65B133B0D60@nmrusdunsx1.nielsenmedia.com> <19990629203135.A253@marder-1>
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On Tue, Jun 29, 1999 at 08:31:35PM +0100, Mark Ovens wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 1999 at 09:52:22AM -0400, Gray, David W. wrote: > > At the computer show this weekend, saw a FreeBSD 3.2 cdrom set at a local > > vendor's stand. Didn't look exactly like the set I got on subscription, so I > > took a second look. > > > > Who is Greenbay Software? This was a knock-off of the Walnut Creek > > distribution, all 4 disks of it. I didn't buy it (Hey, I already HAVE 3.2), > > but it appears to be a close clone of the WC set. Does not Walnut Creek have > > a compilation copyright on the distribution? I'm glad to see FreeBSD out > > there (scads of RedHat and Caldera around), but this is a little too close > > to the bone. (They wanted $29.95 for it, so its not even a Cheapbytes sort > > of thing.) Anybody know about this? > > Yea, saw that at the Install-A-Thon, bought a copy. It has no image of "chuck" so there is no copyright issue there. It looks like they are claiming copyright for FreeBSD but maybe I'm being a little sensitive. The funny thing is they list www.freebsd.org for support. Hav'nt tried to use it to install yet. Maybe I can find time tonight. Josef -- Josef Grosch | FreeBSD 3.2 | Bay Area FreeBSD Users Group jgrosch@ispchannel.com | www.freebsd.org | www.bafug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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