[CS-FSLUG] NI: Lycoris, Mandriva Fumble Source Code Release

[Don Parris]

On Thursday 03 November 2005 08:41, Ritchie, Josiah S. wrote:
> So, if I catch this right, in our digital age some piece of
> controversial software is trapped in a box for the next 3 months? I
> wonder why it isn't on a server somewhere easily accessible to at least
> the limited few who have made it?
>
> Did I miss something?
>

You didn't miss a thing.  No one has explained why the code wasn't made 
available in the first place.  That's a problem.  Cheek admits to the code 
being trapped.  He also admits the code is GPL'ed, thus it should be 
available to all, not just the developers.  But your question is still valid.

Don