Re: [SLUG] Free LindowsOS Developer Edition

From: Eben King (eben1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Fri Jan 23 2004 - 17:48:55 EST

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 cpace@tampabay.rr.com wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Eben King <eben1@tampabay.rr.com>
> Date: Friday, January 23, 2004 4:34 pm
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Free LindowsOS Developer Edition
>
> > On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Douglas Koobs wrote:
> >
> > > > How do I get to it? I couldn't find "LindowsOS Dev".
> > >
> > > Try this URL:
> > > http://www.lindows.com/lindows_storefront.php?own=no
> >
> > Thanks. There are apparently a lot of people who want to try Lindows.
> > The people who run lindows.com have redone the queueing algorithm -- it's
> > no longer FIFO. My position in line has increased. My guess is
> > that paying customers get priority over freeloaders. Can't say as I
> > blame them.
> >
> > http://24.94.123.66:81/500.png

> I wonder then...
>
> If you register, you don't necessarily have to download it from them I
> would think. I downloaded mine and if anyone has some extra space on a
> server I can upload it for others to grab.

Morally, there's nothing wrong with being a mirror. Legally, it depends
on the licensing. A lawyer would question your strictness in verifying
registration before allowing the download, but IANAL. If you find a
willing sysadmin with bandwidth and disk space to spare, I'd love to hear
about it. 

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