Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 08:29:09 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: nate@sri.MT.net (Nate Williams), Hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unzip for package tools (was re: FBSD 2.1) Message-ID: <199601291529.IAA07962@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <199601290618.QAA09670@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> References: <199601290546.WAA07266@rocky.sri.MT.net> <199601290618.QAA09670@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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> > > We have a vendor who will take FreeBSD, remove the networking > > > support, remove the C compiler from their distribution, rebuild everything > > > static, hunt down and dike out everything else even vaguely GPLish, and > > > not rework their installation tools? > > > > Why do you have to remove the networking support? It's also quite easy > > Because otherwise you can say 'connect the system to the internet and > FTP the code'. Please read what I posted. I did, but our application is for used for sites that *aren't* internet connected. :( > > (BTW - I was one of the original proponents of using zip, and still > > think it's by far the best solution available at the present time. I > > just wish we could get a more 'free' ZIP library.) > > I'm 100% in agreement with you here, I just think that you're being > overtly pessimistic about the licensing 8) No, realistically pessimistic. When it comes to legal matters, it's better to be safe than sorry. [ ZIP API for Java ] > Dang. Is their API any good? 8) It looks OK, but they don't use compression inside their zipfiles. Nate
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