What are the Source CDs for?

[Clinton MacDonald]

Mr. Plate:

On Monday, August 4, 2003, at 12:19  PM, Norberto Quintanar wrote:
> --- Wes Plate <wes@automaticduck.com> wrote:
>> Just wondering what the three Source CDs are used for.  Thanks.
>
> Coasters for your coffee table ;)

Well, Mr. Quintanar, while accurate, is being a little facetious. :-)

GNU/Linux and all derivatives is offered under the GPL (GNU Public 
License), which demands that programs released under that license make 
the source code available. Therefore, Terra Soft are just being good 
citizens in supplying you the source code on CDs, rather than, say, by 
download from an FTP site. Hypothetically, you could actually recompile 
some or all of the source to, say, streamline your own Linux kernel 
(though I am too much of a newbie myself to know how that is done).

Best wishes,
Clint

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