[mrtg] Re: GD no longer available, what does this mean for MR TG and rrdtool?

[gary.post at amd.com]

apparently i slept through the exact cause of all this chaff about not being
able to find GD - forgive me, i live in a lab where phones do not work -
*however* - has anyone checked out their distributions yet

RH 5.2	/RedHat/rpms/gd-1_3-3.rpm		on disk 1
	or
RH 6.0	/RedHat/rpms/gd-1_3-5.i386.rpm		on disk 1

i know that the other distributions also have the sources too

this all sounds like someone (suite type person with the sphincter muscle
not quite tight enough to keep the foreskin from closing over the top of his
head) thinking that he can maximize profits by making this proprietary - now
if someone has seen a link that gives somewhat of an explanation about the
details, i would appreciate it - please send it privately and not to the
list ;->  -   - does anyone remember the fuss over *.arc compressed files
(before *.zip became the standard and before the one true OS) - it was a
similar situation, he won the court case and EVERYONE quit using arc
utilities :-)


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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Alejandro Acosta A. [SMTP:aacosta at geocities.com]
> Sent:	Monday, July 12, 1999 4:31 PM
> To:	Stieers, Ken; 'Glenn Forbes Fleming Larratt'; mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch
> Subject:	[mrtg] Re: GD no longer available, what does this mean for
> MRTG and rrdtool?
> 
> Sorry, I agree with you and Glenn, I am sure GD can still be found
> in the web.
> 
> Regards.
> 
> Ale,-
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stieers, Ken <KStieers at DainRauscher.com>
> To: 'Glenn Forbes Fleming Larratt' <glratt at is.rice.edu>;
> mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch <mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch>
> Date: Lunes 12 de Julio de 1999 05:05 PM
> Subject: [mrtg] Re: GD no longer available, what does this mean for MRTG
> and
> rrdtool?
> 
> 
> >Hey all,
> >
> >You don't even have to do that!! (private email that is) Follow Tobi's
> >advice, posted to the list earlier today: go to ftpsearch.lycos.com, and
> >search for "gd-1_3_tar.gz"   (without the quotes)  You'll find plenty of
> >sites that still have it.  On that comes to mind is ftp.cdrom.com
> >
> >
> >Ken
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Glenn Forbes Fleming Larratt [mailto:glratt at is.rice.edu]
> >> Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 3:55 PM
> >> To: mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch
> >> Subject: [mrtg] Re: GD no longer available, what does this
> >> mean for MRTG
> >> and rrdtool?
> >>
> >>
> >> Gentlemen, don't make this a conspiracy to commit copyright violation.
> >>
> >> Please be discreet and take this to private e-mail.
> >>
> >> -g
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> > I do, It has 89 KB
> >> >
> >> > Can any of you publish it in a FTP server??.
> >>
> >> > >I would simply like to know if anyone still has the
> >> original tarball?  I'd
> >> > >like to have it for backup purposes... *hint hint*   : )
> >>
> >> > >> I was going to download MRTG today, when I went to
> >> > >> http://www.boutell.com/gd/ to get the required GD files.
> >>  This web site,
> >> > >> however, reports that "The gd library has been removed
> >> from circulation."
> >> > >> What does this mean for MRTG and rrdtool?
> >> > >>
> >> > >
> >>
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