[Fwd: [SunRescue] sol8 01/01 GNU software companion cd wanted]

[Mike Hebel]

Bill,

Not to second guess you Bill but you did copy this to @home.com didn't you?
Those guys are really a bunch of nervous twitchy people.  I've heard nothing
but nasty stories about them.

I'd hate Brian to lose his ISP over someone else acting like this.

Mike Hebel

BTW - Mail to mrbill at mrbill.net bounced:

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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]On
>>Behalf Of Bill Bradford
>>Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 8:50 AM
>>To: rescue at sunhelp.org
>>Subject: Re: [Fwd: [SunRescue] sol8 01/01 GNU software companion cd
>>wanted]
>>
>>
>>Devin -
>>
>>if I hear of any more mails like this to list members about
>>posts they made (calling someone a dumbass, AND trying to get them
>>in trouble with their ISP, over asking for *free software*), I'm likely
>>to unsubscribe you from all the lists I host on this machine.
>>
>>First, he was asking for the *software companion CD* which is all
>>GNU/freely-available software.
>>
>>Second, even if he *WAS* asking for the Solaris 8 CD images, he
>>*can* download them *free* from Sun:
>>
>>http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/binaries/download.html
>>
>>I wouldnt call downloading ISOs from Sun and then burning them
>>myself "pirating".
>>
>>Now, I suggest you apologize to Brian before you look like an
>>even bigger dumbass.
>>
>>Bill
>>
>>On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 06:45:19AM -0500, brian wrote:
>>> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 21:33:53 -0800
>>> From: "Devin L. Ganger" <devin at thecabal.org>
>>> To: bphinz at home.com
>>> Cc: abuse at home.com
>>> Subject: Re: [SunRescue] sol8 01/01 GNU software companion cd wanted
>>> Reply-To: "Devin L. Ganger" <devin at thecabal.org>
>>> You dumbass.
>>> The media kits for Solaris 8 can be gotten direct from Sun for $75.
>>> This gives you a legitimate license.
>>> By the terms of the Solaris 8 license, no one is allowed to distribute
>>> the media *regardless of whether the recipient has a license or not*;
>>> they may only get the media from Sun or an authorized Sun reseller.
>>> You're pirating, pure and simple.
>>
>>--
>>Bill Bradford
>>mrbill at mrbill.net
>>Austin, TX
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