Re: [Fwd: Re: Getting glimpse for AbiSource]

From: Rui Miguel Silva Seabra (rms@1407.org)
Date: Tue Jun 11 2002 - 06:01:07 EDT

  • Next message: Hubert Figuiere: "Re: [Fwd: Re: Getting glimpse for AbiSource]"

    Why using a proprietary search engine when you have Free Software
    alternatives?

    It is too weird using proprietary software in the development of Free
    Software...

    Here's http://www.htdig.org/ , for isntance.

    Cheers,

    On Tue, 2002-06-11 at 09:31, Mark Gilbert wrote:
    > Two messages. The first time she wasn't clear on if we were using it or
    > distributing it.
    >
    > -----Forwarded Message-----
    >
    > From: Golda Velez <gvelez@webglimpse.net>
    > To: Mark Gilbert <webmaster@dofty.zzn.com>
    > Subject: Re: Getting glimpse for AbiSource
    > Date: 10 Jun 2002 15:50:53 -0700
    >
    > Sure, go ahead - you can get it from http://webglimpse.net/download.html
    > without any password for now. If you're indexing really big data sets you
    > might wait for 4.16, will be out in a day or two, fixes a long-standing
    > segfault with multi-Gb datasets.
    >
    > --G
    >
    > ------------------------------------------------------------
    > Golda Velez gvelez@webglimpse.net 626-792-9277
    > Internet Workshop http://iwhome.com
    > Webglimpse Search Software http://webglimpse.net
    > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    > Help organize the world - index your own corner of the web
    >
    > -----Forwarded Message-----
    >
    > Hi Mark
    >
    > You could definitely use it free (as in beer) yourself, in development of
    > AbiWord or other open source projects.
    >
    > You could distribute it too, but we'd like if you could include the
    > COPYRIGHT notice that tells people that glimpse itself 'should' be licensed
    > for commercial use. Glimpse itself isn't open source, though its free for
    > non-commercial purposes.
    >
    > Did you want to use it yourself or distribute it with AbiWord?
    >
    > --G

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    + Whatever you do will be insignificant,
    | but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi
    + So let's do it...?
    




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