Re: xearth is non-free; is there a free alternative?
On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 09:11:13AM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
>
> On 09-Dec-2000 Ben Armstrong wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 01:12:47PM -0400, Ben Armstrong wrote:
> >> xearth
> >
> > oops, i really have to be more careful about checking the section. this
> > is in non-free. i have just moved it to that list on the packaged page.
> > it's one of those stupid "non-commercial use only" type licenses due to
> > the lzw/gif images used in the package. Is there a free xearth
> > alternative that doesn't have this problem?
> >
>
> xplanet maybe? There are two or three apps like this floating around, I
> believe they are packaged. Search for earth / planet in the descriptions?
xplanet is packaged. The only problem I had with xplanet is that it
eats much more resources than xearth. Maybe it will be better with a
lower resolution map.
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