Fedora and the System Administrator -- are my assumptions on SuSE incorrect?

Bill Anderson bill at noreboots.com
Fri Oct 3 21:49:33 UTC 2003


On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 20:43, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:

> > [1] You can't make any money whatsoever doing it, thus doing it for a
> > client is out. This is for Yast, dunno about Yast2. Even then it is a
> > maybe, it depends on what software is bundled with it. So far the only
> > confirmation is from a *Sales* rep, not a legal rep.
> 
> from "YaST and SuSE Linux licence terms":
> http://www.suse.com/us/private/support/licenses/yast.html
> 
> --cut--
> 3 Dissemination
> "It is forbidden to reproduce or distribute data carriers which have
> been reproduced without authorisation for payment without the prior
> written consent of SuSE Linux AG or SuSE Linux. [...]"
> --end--


The way I read that, it means you can't copy their discs, nor distribute
unauthorized copies. It says nothing about giving the originals away.

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Bill Anderson
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