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Re: looking for iso of sources for v1.2 of Corel Linux

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William Pechter wrote:
> Anyone out there point me to the 1.2 of Corel Linux (sources -- I have the
> binary)...  I know there are pack rats like me....somewhere.
> 
> Been real hard to find the sources anywhere.  I'm thinking about a
> modern rebuild of the stuff to play with.

Everywhere I find old linuxes such as sourceforge's ArchivOS and 
soft.lafibre.info (which has OS/2 Warp3 from '94 and lots more) I only 
find the .iso/s, no source anywhere.  Corel released that v. in 2000.

My interpretation of an old corel page from the wayback machine suggests 
that corel didn't release the source code for corel linux.

https://web.archive.org/web/20000308074253/http://corel.com/news/1999/may/may_1999_faqs.htm 


// What is CLD?
CLD is a distribution of Linux® using Debian and K Desktop Environment 
(KDE) graphical user interface (GUI). CLD will provide users with a 
clean and powerful operating system, a simple installation setup and 
user–friendly interface.

Will Corel release the source code for its major applications?
While Corel recognizes the value of open source development in many 
areas, and is actively participating in a number of open source efforts 
such as Wine and development of KDE, the company has no plans to release 
the source code for its major applications. Corel’s major applications 
contain many features that rely on code licensed from other vendors, 
with whom the company has a variety of contractual obligations—one of 
which is to keep their source code private. Corel could not release its 
application source code without a tremendous amount of development work 
to isolate the licensed code, and this work would have a significant 
impact on release schedules.
//


-- 
Mike Easter

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looking for iso of sources for v1.2 of Corel Linux pechter@helix.pechter.dyndns.org (William Pechter) - 2019-01-27 20:21 +0000
  Re: looking for iso of sources for v1.2 of Corel Linux "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2019-01-27 22:02 +0100
    Re: looking for iso of sources for v1.2 of Corel Linux John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-01-27 15:50 -0600
  Re: looking for iso of sources for v1.2 of Corel Linux Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-01-27 13:04 -0800
    Re: looking for iso of sources for v1.2 of Corel Linux Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> - 2019-02-10 17:51 +1100
  Re: looking for iso of sources for v1.2 of Corel Linux Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-01-27 13:13 -0800

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