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ARGH! Mozilla is included! Why dont people properly read the web pages?

You should definately take a look at the OpenCD project
http://www.theopencd.org/thelist/
All software to be included in the CD must be Open Source (OSI approved license).
The CD does not include Cygwin only programs or programs that require an XServer.

The Open CD Project

There's an identical project under way at TheOpenCD.org, where they already voted for applications to be included, and have a categorized list, with links and reviews, including rating for documentation, ease-of-use, appearance...

And don't forget to check out GNU Software for Windows

There's an identical project under way at TheOpenCD.org, where they already voted for applications to be included, and have a categorized list, with links and reviews, including rating for documentation, ease-of-use, appearance...

And don't forget to check out GNU Software for Windows

TheOpenCD project's ambitious mission statement was "To compile and distribute A CD-ROM containing a selection of high quality open source software for use on proprietary operating systems." They got so far as coming up with a great list of open source software. Since then, the project seems to have died completely. I think it is very important to the open source community that a project like this is completed. Who's up for getting it going again?

TheOpenCD project's ambitious mission statement was "To compile and distribute A CD-ROM containing a selection of high quality open source software for use on proprietary operating systems." They got so far as coming up with a great list of open source software. Since then, the project seems to have died completely. I think it is very important to the open source community that a project like this is completed. Who's up for getting it going again?

Please note that there is already a project currently working on this. You may want to combine forces since they've been working on this since this last spring.

Check out the OpenCD project at
http://www.theopencd.org/

You are free to work on your on project of course, but I HATE to see duplication of effort.

"Is it really useful to encourage more people to create more "forks" based on the gecko engine?"

Example: on TheOpenCD (CD of GNU applications for windows) this was discussed: do we include Mozilla?

Obvious answer: yes of course. Mix of NPL, MPL, GPL, so we could distribute it.

Later answer: no. The mozilla team consider it a technology-demo for tecchies only, and do not want to support lusers trying to use it. Their answer: "please don't distribute it without putting your own branding on, or use a derivative [netscape, k-meleon, beonix...]"

So a slashdot article to show people how to create such derivatives, with links to a book? Great.

Sounds a bit like The Open CD, which was covered here on /. a while back.

Microsoft's position on GPL and LGPL licensing is even less sustainable after Microsoft's announcement that the next release of its Services For Unix (SFU) tool kit will be including Interix, which includes a copy of the GPL licensed GNU GCC compiler toolset.

Microsoft's new trend of denying access to the GPL and LGPL license has the the potential for more damage to Microsoft customers than just the ability to use SAMBA servers.

A new project The Open CD project, has the mission statement

To compile and distribute A CD-ROM containing a selection of high quality open source software for use on proprietary operating systems.

How viable will Microsoft's OSs be as host platform for theOpenCD,if Microsoft continue to restrict access to any GPL or LGPL product that provides any competition to Microsoft's own products?

Microsoft is effectively denying its users of Microsoft OSs access to competing products, which as I pointed out in the ask.slashdot forum, puts Microsoft in serous problems with the Antitrust laws.