Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 20:45:11 -0700 From: "Dan O'Connor" <dan@jgl.reno.nv.us> To: "Rishikesh" <rishi@math.ohio-state.edu>, "Greg Lehey" <grog@lemis.com> Cc: "Steven Honson" <shonson@planetquake.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Making copys of the FreeBSD CD's Message-ID: <052601bef03e$a4191b60$0200000a@danco.home>
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>> If you look at the back of the booklet, the last line reads: >> >> This CDROM copyright (c) 1999 Walnut Creek CDROM >> >> FreeBSD can be freely copied and redistributed. The CD-ROMs may not, >> and I doubt your motives. I can't stop you from breaching the >> copyright, but you can be sure as hell I won't help you. > > I wonder what is the difference between the two? > Does it mean that Walnut Creek put something > which is not a part of freebsd? I don't think so, but they did do the work of mastering and burning the CD's; and while FreeBSD *is* freely distributable, it isn't *public domain*. I doubt anyone would argue that it would be perfectly acceptable for Mr. Honson to create his own CD from the binary distfiles (available via FTP), but straight copying of someone else's work goes beyond *fair use*. To reinforce Greg's other concern, re: why one would need backups of the CD to begin with: What's the point? I've only been using FreeBSD since last November, and I've already seen 5 versions come out (2.2.7 - 3.2). That's pretty fast, and would tend to make backups obsolete rather quickly and thus a waste of money. So, again, what's the point? Seems like the only use would be giving the disks away and saving someone else $40. Hmmm... --Dan ** The thing I like most about Windows 98 is... ** You can download FreeBSD with it! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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