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[174.109.231.236]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q3sm1319900qkq.132.2020.09.25.02.24.20 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 25 Sep 2020 02:24:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (hp-envy.seibercom.net [192.168.1.102]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4ByRLq6xWpz1jfW for ; Fri, 25 Sep 2020 05:24:19 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 05:24:18 -0400 From: Jerry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Regarding your case number 10724899 [ ref:_00D00hhzl._5004V11emZL:ref ] Message-ID: <20200925052418.00007bb0@seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <20200925084452.3245e533@moonstudio> References: <1zr37000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000QH6PT000xnpezbIfSciX_94747igUg@sfdc.net> <20200925084452.3245e533@moonstudio> Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.4 (GTK+ 2.24.32; i686-w64-mingw32) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4ByRVC14CSz4tcp X-Spamd-Bar: ++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=seibercom.net header.s=google header.b=fCmH9pVs; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of jerry@seibercom.net designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::72d as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=jerry@seibercom.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [2.49 / 15.00]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; HAS_ORG_HEADER(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[seibercom.net:+]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.04)[-0.039]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[174.109.231.236:received]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; REPLYTO_EQ_TO_ADDR(5.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.98)[-0.979]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[seibercom.net:s=google]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.99)[-0.993]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[seibercom.net]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::72d:from]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; GREYLIST(0.00)[pass,body]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 09:30:44 -0000 On Fri, 25 Sep 2020 08:44:52 +0200, Ralf Mardorf commented: >You are aware that sending this mail to a support is spam to the >mailing lists that have got nothing to do with this support? > >On Thu, 24 Sep 2020 22:46:34 -0700, David Christensen wrote: >>What is the URL for the ISO file for SeaToolsBootable[snip]? > >Google: https://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/ > >>What is the URL for the source code for [snip] any [snip] >>GPL v2 code distributed with SeaToolsBootable [snip]? > >This kind of nitpicking is the reason that some vendors never ever will >support FLOSS operating systems. Without this nitpicking way more >vendors would use and/or support FLOSS operating systems. > >Most of the times it will not result in hosting the source codes on a >vendor's server, it more likely will end up with dropping FLOSS >entirely. I had a talk with a technician from Brother USA several years ago regarding them directly supporting FreeBSD as they do some other FOSS distributions. What you just mentioned was one of their concerns. There were others, a lot of others, but it all came down to it was not financially feasible for them to do it. -- Jerry