On Sunday 16 October 2005 16:03, david rankin wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Shanahan"
* Kai Ponte
[10-16-05 17:16]: Okay, valid point. $20 doesn't seem like that much to me. Again, it could be an alternative option. I'd just like to actually SEE that option.
Humm,
and then $20 to read a m$ doc file, and then $20 more to read a powerpoint file, then, maybe charges will be made to read a new http standard........
free and open source *must* stand for something ???? --
Yep,
And as long as you have the *source* and the spec file nosrc.rpm then it's simply a matter of rpmbuild --rebuild --target=i586 and rpm -Uvh.... See, free and open source *does* still stand for something ; - ) It's all about the community...
...and that makes perfect sense. If someone in whatever country develops the software using the GPL which does a specific function - in this case DeCSS - then it should be free. I would not expect any given distribution to include it if it violates the local government's laws - no matter how foolish they are. I would hope to be able to download something and compile it myself. I'll have to see what this nosrc.rpm is. Every time I see it I just figure it is an RPM without the source. -- kai www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part