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Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 11:11:50 +0200
From: Marc Baudoin <babafou@babafou.eu.org>
To: netbsd-advocacy@netbsd.org
Cc: mota@bocal.cs.univ-paris8.fr, equipe-root@helios.cs.univ-paris8.fr
Subject: Export NetBSD CDs
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We discussed some time ago about making NetBSD CDs with no crypto
stuff so that they can be exported from the USA and imported in
countries like France that have strong laws against cryptography.

I'm convinced the next CDs should be made with no crypto stuff,
so that they can be used by virtually anynone anywhere.  It's
mandatory if we want to spread NetBSD out there.  The few people
in the USA or Canada that really need Kerberos or other crypto
stuff can always get them by FTP.

I also insist on the necessity for the NetBSD Foundation to have
CDs if we want more and more people to be able to install NetBSD.
Sure we're not backed up by a big CD vendor as FreeBSD is by
Walnut Creek, and that's a disadvantage for us, but we do need
CDs.

The 1.3.2 CDs are sold out so is there a plan to make new ones
right now, should we wait for NetBSD 1.3.3 (I saw some messages
about 1.3.3 in the CVS commits) or is there no plan at all about
making new CDs?

The point is the French people here can offer help if the NetBSD
Foundation needs it.  I met with Paul Marques Mota last week.
He's responsible for the French NetBSD mirror and he's willing to
help making CDs if needed.

I inquired about prices.  Making the master of the CD should cost
a little less than $400, the master of the booklet around $120.
Then each CD should cost $1 and $0.25 for each booklet.

Of course, we can't afford to advance the money to make the CDs
and we have no commercial channel to sell them here (though we
can find it, it would be interesting to have something in Europe
to sell CDs) so we need help from the NetBSD foundation on these
aspects.

What are your thoughts?

-- 
Marc Baudoin   -=-   <babafou@babafou.eu.org>