Re: VI reasons (was Re: Base Set: Suggested additions & removals.)
Igor Grobman <igor@igoria.net> writes:
> Some time around Tue, 16 Jun 1998 10:07:24 +1000,
> Craig Sanders wrote:
>
> > elvis-tiny is small enough to fit on too (although that may have
> > changed now that we use slang rather than ncurses - can
> > elvis-tiny use slang??) and provides a decent editor for people
> > who can't/won't use crap.
>
> With all these elvis-tiny discussions, I have to remind everyone
> that elvis is non-free. Technically, it shouldn't even be present
> in the base system (is it still?).
No. elvis is non-free; elvis-tiny is not. Look at the copyright
files. AIUI elvis-tiny is a much earlier version of elvis which was
still free. Or something. Of course the copyright files may be
``inaccurate'', I'm disillusioned enough to realise that's a very real
possibility these days.
--
James
~Yawn And Walk North~ http://yawn.nocrew.org/
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