From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 20 09:01:51 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id JAA27524 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 09:01:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from nef.ens.fr (nef.ens.fr [129.199.96.12]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id JAA27519 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 09:01:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from clipper.ens.fr (clipper-gw.ens.fr [129.199.1.22]) by nef.ens.fr (8.8.4/jtpda-5.1) with ESMTP id SAA14173 ; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 18:01:40 +0100 (MET) From: espie@clipper.ens.fr (Marc Espie) Received: from drakkar.ens.fr (drakkar [129.199.129.5]) by clipper.ens.fr (8.8.4/jb-1.1) id SAA29971 ; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 18:01:39 +0100 (MET) Received: from (espie@localhost) by drakkar.ens.fr (8.8.4/jb-1.1) Message-Id: <199612201701.SAA20961@drakkar.ens.fr> Subject: tracker To: hackers@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 18:01:37 +0100 (MET) Cc: unix-adm@nic.funet.fi X-Remark: from the ENS, use finger espie@lotus.ens.fr to know if I'm here. Organisation: None X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8a] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I've got some SERIOUS complaints concerning the version of tracker bundled with the 2.2-ALPHA release of FreeBSD. - first, 5.3 is supposed to be a BETA release for private use. It is EMPHATICALLY ****NOT**** to be included with any public releases. It should only be on my site. Quote from the general README in the beta directory: This is a BETA version of the soon-to-be release of tracker. It will change each time it needs to. Use only for beta-testing, do not redistribute ! don't you people know how to read ? - second problem, when you start up this version of tracker, it does say: This is tracker 5.3 This program is NOT to be redistributed without the full documentation I fail to see the full documentation as part of YOUR package. I am perfectly willing to distribute programs I write to the world at large, but ONLY IF YOU ARE PLAYING BY THE RULES. * in case of doubt, please ask. If the latest publically available release of tracker does NOT run on FreeBSD, maybe we can work something through. * leaving the documentation OUT is akin to software piracy. The newer releases of tracker ARE copyrighted AND shareware. You are not supposed to leave this kind of thing out. -- microsoft network is EXPLICITLY forbidden to redistribute this message. `Seiza no matataki kazoe, uranau koi no yuku e.' Marc Espie (Marc.Espie@ens.fr)