Note to users installing Red Hat from Yggdrasil Linux Internet Archives


Because of copyright restrictions that could otherwise create legal
liabilities for our resellers and customers, the following software
packages are not included on this CD-ROM.  As a result, YOU WILL SEE
OCCASIONAL ERROR DIALOGS IN THE REDHAT INSTALL.  These error dialogs are
harmless.  We have deliberately kept these error messages for the benefit
of people who want to keep track of which of these packages otherwise would
have been installed under their particular configuration.


PROGRAM		EXCERPT FROM COYPING CONDITIONS

getty_ps	"[...] as long as: there is no monetary profit gained
		specifically from the use or reproduction or this software,
		it is not sold, rented, traded or otherwise marketed [...]"
ncftp		"distributions may not be sold for profit on physical
		media such as disks, tapes, and CD-ROMS, without
		expressed written permission."
doom 		(shareware)
procmail	"This package is however not to be sold (minor transfer
		costs excepted) or included in any commercially sold
		software package (if you want to do this anyway,
		contact me (address below), and we'll work something out)."
		["minor transfer costs excepted" may or may not cover
		the entire cost of the CD-ROM product.  Does is cover
		an $800 Solaris CD?  How about $100 Linux CD?]
rxvt		"You can do what you like with this source code as long as
		you don't try to make money out of it [...]"
seyon		"[...] as long as the modified source is not distributed."
spice		"the sale, resale, or use of this program for profit
		without the express written consent of the department
		of electrical engineering and computer sciences,
		university of california, berkeley, california, is forbidden."
xanim		"For commercial use, a licensing agreement is required."
		[Earlier version of xanim did not have this restriction, but
		the one in Red Hat 4.0 does.]
xearth		"Permission to use, copy, modify and freely distribute
		xearth for non-commercial and not-for-profit purposes
		is hereby granted." [earlier versions allowed for-profit
		distribution.]
xfig		"However, be aware that if you sell xfig, for example as
		part of a CD-ROM package with freeware, you may be liable
		for paying royalties to Unisys."
xgalaga		"Whether or not you send me the dough, you are free to
		distribute this archive provided all files are left intact,
		and no fees are charged other than a reasonable
		amount for the cost of distributing it (floppy disk,
		CD-rom, etc.)"  [Again, the "reasonable cost" problem.]

In somes cases (doom and seyon), this legal liability would be created
only when customers, assuming that they are dealing with free
software, attempt to incorporate contents from one of these packages
to their own software.  This issue could resolved by reenigeering the
Red Hat distribution structure to clearly separate such software (as
other linux distributors have started to do), however it is not our
intention to perform and test our own engineering on the contents of
Linux Internet Archives.  Linux Internet Archives is supposed to be,
after all, just snapshots of Linux FTP sites minus any unfree
software.  In other cases, "commercial use" is prohibited, which can
be interpreted to include anything from a consultant using Linux to
inclusion on a CD-ROM that is purchased by a company.  More
disturbingly, for some software packages, it appears that selling or
even reselling the software on a CD-ROM for profit may be illegal.

It is not the purpose of this notice to make trouble for other CD-ROM
distributors who do include this software.  Rather, we simply want to
sell our CD-ROM's without such risks of legal liability and without
putting our customers at risk either, and we want to explain this to
our customers so that we are not unfairly blamed for trying to do the
right thing.

Finally, it should also be noted that while we have attempted to be
reasonably diligent about avoiding legal liabilities, we have probably
missed a few problems.  If you spot any other files on any of our
products with copyright restrictions that are more restrictive than
version two of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
Software Foundation (Cambridge, Massachusetts), please contact us by
any convient method.  Here is our contact information:

		Yggdrasil Computing, Inc.
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		+1 408 261 6630
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