I am not suggesting that it is on CD 4 of 4, I am just suggesting to fill out the distribution (Tomcat I believe is Open Source) its just a licensing issue between GPL OSS and NON-GPL OSS. I would like to see a OPTIONAL software CD, and it doesn't make you solaris or windows by including this software because YOU ARE NOT FORCING someone to install it. It is just nice that when I setup a system I don't have to go hunting around the NET to go and get versions of software and install them. I also feel that if linux is going to be widely adopted you HAVE to including things like JAVA and or NDS (Directory Service OTHER THAN NIS) It just seems lame that the softwares that are WIDELY used (TOMCAT & JAVA) under linux are not available right out of the box. P.S. Yeah yeah I know JAVA is no longer availble under a Winblows env. anymore eithier but that is another issue. > On Thursday 21 November 2002 05:47, Forgosh, Seth wrote: >> I have heard rumors that Novell's eDirectory (used to be NDS) will be >> included in the next RH distro. This is a full blown directory >> solution that runs natively on Linux, Windows, Solaris, AIX and of >> course NetWare. Note: No NetWare servers are needed to run eDirectory. >> Check it out at http://www.novell.com/products/edirectory/. If you >> want to know more, let me know. > > Is NDS opensource? Does it adhere to the GPL? If not one or the other, > then it most likely won't be included in the main distro. > > The same for TOMCAT or JAVA as another person asked about. > > Once you start including these non open, non free (as in speech) stuff, > you suddenly find yourself running Solaris or Windows, or some other > propriatary OS, and That Aint Good(tm). > > -- > Jesse Keating > For Web Services and Linux Consulting, Visit --> j2Solutions.net > Mondo DevTeam (www.mondorescue.org) > > Was I helpful? Let others know: > http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=jkeating > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
