Tuesday, September 14, 1999, 11:25:11 PM, Jakob wrote:
> software. FHS states that /usr must be sharable over a network - e.g. if I
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> should not be an issue there, either. However, the license for application
> Foo may state that it may NOT be accessed over the network, and you only
> have a license to run it on computer Bar. If it is installed in /usr/local
> or /usr/opt, you are implicitly violating the license, since computer Baz
> has the same /usr tree as Bar. But, when opt is at /opt, it is not shared
> and such hassles can be avoided (of course, it can be even more easily
> avoided by staying away from non-free software, but then that would
> eliminate any need for /opt).
Thank you for finally providing a very good reason for a new top level
domain. About the only thing missing, IMHO, is a specific cite from the FHS
(section number would be good) but I'll take your word for it.
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