It seems every few months this idea resurfaces. Maybe we should add it to the FAQ. :) As Steve Sheldon pointed out, the only problem is that blessed clients require a closed-source RES-RSA private key component. We should be able to include Netrek as part of a non-free contrib on Red Hat and Debian. I'm willing to talk to the distribution folks to see if we can get Netrek included, but I would need somebody else to build the actual distribution files as I've never done them before. On a side note, I've added blessed binaries to the sourceforge download page. That might encourage more people to try out Netrek. We've also been consistently ranking in the top 200 projects (of >10000), not that it means anything. http://sourceforge.net/project/stats/?group_id=968 Dave ----- Forwarded message from Zachary Uram <zu22 at andrew.cmu.edu> ----- Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 01:30:48 -0500 (EST) From: Zachary Uram <zu22 at andrew.cmu.edu> To: Dave Ahn <ahn at vec.wfubmc.edu> cc: post+rec.games.netrek at andrew.cmu.edu Subject: Re: Netrek Promotion Idea In-Reply-To: <8tke99$96i at f1n1.spenet.wfu.edu> So can a committe be formed to work on this and get the ball rolling? On 30 Oct 2000, Dave Ahn wrote: > Dan Stephenson <stephedanospam at airmail.net> writes: > > >How do we get it put in Linux distributions? There's already precedent > >for tons of obscure stuff in most of them. :-) > > There may be a small problem with the license, as there may be an > ambiguity about its use for commercial purposes. But getting Netrek > into Linux distributions should be fairly straightforward. > > -- > Dave Ahn | ahn at vec.wfubmc.edu | Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center > > When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Try to live your life > so that when you die, you will rejoice and the world will cry. -1/2 jj^2 > uram at cmu.edu "Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have faith." - John 20:29 ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Dave Ahn | ahn at vec.wfubmc.edu | Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Try to live your life so that when you die, you will rejoice and the world will cry. -1/2 jj^2