Re: Binaries from GNOME project

[Mike Messmore <mesmd rhodes edu>]

I am growing very tired of attitudes such as these in the Free Software
community.  If you do not like the RPMS provided by Helixcode, then make your
own.  You can do this from the source tarballs given off the GNOME site or from
the helix's SRPMS given at
ftp://ftp.helixcode.com/distributions/*your_disto_here*/SRPMS/
that you can modify in  any way you want to.  The fact that GNOME is Free is
gives you the ability to modify it in any way you see fit.  It is not Free so
you can demand that others must make their software the way you want it.  Use
the source.  Don't be a leech.

BTW, kernel.org does not provide precompiled binaries.  And they do host a
mirror of Red Hat, a (gasp!) Commercial distro with a precompiled binary
of the Kernel that has special Red Hat modifications.

--Mike




On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 04:09:22AM +0200, Ben Bucksch probably said:
> Why did the GNOME project stop to provide binaries and directs users to
> one certain commercial provider (Helixcode) instead?
> 
> 
> I do not want to install software from Helixcode for several reasons
> 1. I generally don't want to install software from commercial entities*
> 2. I do not want to see logos from commercial entities in my software
> (installer)*
> 3. I consider it being unfair to other distributors to drive users to
> one certain company, making theirs the "official" distribution
> 4. I don't like their installer
> 
> Re 1.: I am aware that Helixcode employees are GNOME members, and that
> Helixcode contributes to GNOME, but Helixcode is creating the
> distribution on its own behalf without GNOME controlling them. The
> difference? E.g. 2..
> 
> * At least I want to have the choice not to - without having to compile
> by myself or search endlessly for a "good" distribution.
> 
> 
> *Please*
> - either remove all mentions of Helixcode from the GNOME website or
> mention it along with other distributors
> - provide stable binaries again
> 
> Or does Mozilla.org direct users to <http://home.netscape.com>? Does
> <http://kernel.org> direct users to <http://www.torvalds.com>? (No, they
> don't.)
> 
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