Fwd: [Opencd-devel] Eudora appears to be proprietary

[James S. <ja...@di...>]

Yup.  Eudora is free in the sense that you don't hand over any money.  That 
is, unless you don't want adds.  So really, even if you don't give them 
cash, you are still paying.  Not that this is a bad thing - it's just not 
an open source thing.

A good open source mail client that isn't just a bundled "extra" is 
Mahogany (http://mahogany.sourceforge.net/).  It is quite good, although 
perhaps not as good as Eudora (those of you that read mail headers will see 
my preference).

Then we have Pine (yummy).  It's free (for non commercial use) and open 
source (but not GPL - I think).  I *know* it's text-based, and I *know* 
that beginners may find it a little awkward at first, but it is still one 
of the best mail/news readers available.  In fact, I use it as much as 
Eudora.  Why not have pine as well as a GUI-infected client (or two)?

And for my last effort to kill mouses (mice?), how about links as a 
browser?  I like it.  I don't use it all the time, but if I know I want 
just the information and none of the crud, it's amazing.

That's my contribution.  I understand that people new to open source / free 
/ powerful software might get a little scared, but maybe we could have an 
"advanced" menu (or page if you go with the HTML thing)?  If people don't 
use it, fine.  I do think, though, that many people will think "I'm 
advanced" or at least "Wow, if I've been paying for software that is less 
powerful than this stuff and it's not even in the advanced section, haven't 
I been well and truly shafted?".  Or something.

James

BTW:  Sorry for top-posting.  I think it's sometimes easier to read this way.

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>Jon Saltzman said:
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>>Here is an excellent opportunity to put a really powerful standalone =
>>mail-client into open-cd: Eudora 5.1.  I am not 100% sure it is GPL'ed, =
>>however, I do know that they have a free affiliate program and all one =
>>has to do is sign up here (http://www.eudora.com/affiliate/) to be able =
>>to distribute their software for free.  I'd suggest we look at this for =
>>our mail client, in addition to just mozilla (I know many users prefer =
>>to have their mail separate from their web browser).
>
>I looked at their website, and searched Google, and
>found no evidence that Eudora is open source software/
>free software.  Their website is full of licensing options... but
>not source code.
>
>Articles such as:
>  http://www.techsoup.org/articlepage.cfm?articleid=40&topicid=2
>do list Eudora as "free software", but that article also lists
>Microsoft Internet Explorer as free software
>(they clearly just mean "don't need to pay").
>
>Thus, it looks like Eudora is proprietary, and thus wouldn't
>fit the stated aims of the OpenCD project.
>
>I don't see any need to put create a Eudora CD-ROM anyway.
>If you want a CD-ROM with Eudora, they'll sell it to you for $1
>in bulk now.
>
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>--- David A. Wheeler
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