Re: KDE v. Gnome

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From: Christopher Browne
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 00:00

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On 7 Oct 1998 15:21:35 GMT, Donal K. Fellows <fellowsd@cs.man.ac.uk> wrote:
>In article <6vbk8k$dho$4@client3.news.psi.net>,
>Abigail <abigail@fnx.com> wrote:
>> Free. I don't think O'Reilly allows you to redistribute their books.
>
>Well, I'm sure that I can legally sell you my copy of "Java in a
>Nutshell" but I don't want to...

Some of O'Reilly's books are redistributable in electronic form; others
are not. 

The MH book falls into the "OK" list.

The Linux Network Administrator's Guide is available in "source" form,
and is redistributable. 

Running Linux, on the other hand, is not. 

I suspect that the status of the X series is somewhat ambiguous; there
are versions of that material that *are* redistributable.  And it is
reputed that Digital Press sells more up-to-date versions of the X
documentation series. 

Accusing O'Reilly of being entirely "closed" would be unjust, but
accusing them of being "entirely open" would be incorrect... 

-- 
"Q: Someone please enlighten me, but what are they packing into NT5 to
make it twice the size of NT4/EE?  A: A whole chorus line of dancing
paperclips."  -- <mcgredo@otter.mbay.net> 
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From: cbbrowne@news.hex.net (Christopher Browne)
Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome
Date: 1998/10/08
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