License page, bug or feature?

[Chuck Swiger]

Hi--

On Feb 24, 2010, at 12:43 PM, Schumm, Ken wrote:
> FreeBSD Ports redistribution restrictions
> 
> GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
> 
> GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
> 
> But clicking on those links brings up a "save file" dialog and no application I have will open the file for reading. What content format do these links point to?


% curl -I http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/LEGAL
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 33969
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:20:57 GMT
Server: httpd/1.4.x LaHonda

% curl -I http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/COPYING
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 17982
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:21:00 GMT
Server: httpd/1.4.x LaHonda

% curl -I http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/COPYING.LIB
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 25265
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:21:36 GMT
Server: httpd/1.4.x LaHonda

Save them as .txt files, if that helps your current OS recognize them better.  I suspect using text/plain would work a lot better for many folks.

Regards,
-- 
-Chuck