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Date:      Sun, 26 Mar 1995 11:25:42 -0500 (EST)
From:      Jeff <jeffh@Cybernetics.NET>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com>
Cc:        Paul Richards <paul@isl.cf.ac.uk>, Amancio Hasty <hasty@star-gate.com>, fbsd@clem.systemsix.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: httpd as part of the system. 
Message-ID:  <Pine.SUN.3.91.950326112428.5594A-100000@server0>
In-Reply-To: <3769.796206032@freefall.cdrom.com>

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On Sun, 26 Mar 1995, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

> I really don't see what the big beef about running the BSDI binary
> is - it works FINE!  But we can't redistribute it ourselves in any

I agree.

> case.  I asked, it's totally forbidden and I got the feeling that
> they were warming up their lawyer just from my ASKING about it..
> There was certainly nothing ambiguous about their reply!  ("NO!  UNDER
> NO CIRCUMSTANCES ARE YOU TO DISTRIBUTE NETSCAPE IN ANY FORM!!").

So, being the intelligent people that we are, what should we do?  Hrmm, I 
have an idea!  In our install procedure, we make Netscape a package and 
have it go out and ftp it off the net. :-)

We didn't distribute it, we just provided the user with a one-keystroke 
way to get it. :-)

> 						Jordan

Jeff

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