[plug] written proof Linux cds can be freely distributed

[Leon Brooks]

On Monday 11 February 2002 22:14, Daniel wrote:
> Hello All, the Central TAFE library is spooked by having cds with hand
> written labels for people to borrow.

So print them. Yippee.

> First they told me it costs a lot to register these things and maybe it's
> not worthwhile doing just to check up on if the things come back or
> not.

Attached, the licence for the first 2 CDs of the Mandrake 8.1 distro 
(LICENSE.txt) and the 3rd (extras) CD (LICENSE-APPS.txt). I think we (I) need 
to ask Mandrake about that 3rd CD since it's freely downloadable, but the 
first 2 are unquestionably copyable.

Cheers; Leon
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