Am Dienstag, 23. April 2002, 18:51:29 Uhr MET, schrieb Alan: [xmatrix] > My question is why it is not included in the *standard* distribution. > > NO other distribution turns off xmatrix in their binary packages. (At least > none that Jamie Zawinski has ever heard of. And he whote it!) > > Here is what jamie Zawinski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said about the matter: > > "No, they're being paranoid bozos. No other distro has complained about > it, and I've never heard anyone mention it before." > > If there was a copyright problem or some other legal issue with xmatrix, you > would think that the AUTHd heard about it by now. > > BTW, there is a PC and Windows version of the Matrix screensaver distributed > through the official Matrix movie web site. (XMatrix is better though...) That's true, I don't thinks it should be a problem. But maybe the lawyers just haven't heard of xscreensaver, or do you know a lawyer who understands UNIX?
Anyway, why don't you ask Geoffrey Lee why he removed the xmatrix hack. From rpm -q --changelog xscreensaver: * Don Feb 15 2001 Geoffrey Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3.28-3mdk - Remove the xmatrix screensaver as there are copyright problems. CU -- Götz Waschk <> student of computer science <> university Rostock http://wwwstud.informatik.uni-rostock.de/~waschk/waschk.asc for PGP key --> Logout Fascism! <--
