Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 12:25:49 +0600 (GMT) From: Pedro Giffuni <m230761@ingenieria.ingsala.unal.edu.co> To: Thomas Gellekum <thomas@ghpc8.ihf.rwth-aachen.de> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Spice package? Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.961029120817.18800A-100000@ingenieria.ingsala.unal.edu.co> In-Reply-To: <199610290757.IAA03545@ghpc6.ihf.rwth-aachen.de>
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On Tue, 29 Oct 1996, Thomas Gellekum wrote: > Pedro Giffuni wrote: > > Hi, > > Why are there some packages missing, including Spice2g6? >=20 > We don't have 2g6 in the ports tree; the version there is > 3f4. Unfortunately, spice has some nasty export restrictions so we > don't put it on the CD. > Thanks, I mistyped, I meant 3f4. I saw the "export restrictions" on the=20 Makefile, but I always thought they are the same Berkeley restrictions=20 BSD has (..please dont=B4port to Iran, Lybia or Cuba). Now, Berkeley has even made publicly available the original code at: http://www-cad.eecs.berkeley.edu/Software/software.html and they don't even WARN about such restriction ! > If you want 2g6 you'll have to port it yourself, I'm afraid. Please > submit your port afterwards ;-). > Better than that, I'm putting my own CD, I got a permit to distribute=20 Netscape internally, so I will add exportable DES and other importable=20 stuff on a nice CD for my campus. The netscape permit was very easy to obtain, just a fax, it is highly=20 recomendable for educational institutions. Pedro. > tg >=20
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