Perhaps it could be called a "Consultants Edition" with suitable legalese attached. I have handled stuff like the Non-disclosure agreements, and evaluation trials before. That isn't too big of a hurdle for us to go through in order to fully understand a product before we recommend it to the real customers. I would even accept having to sign all the documents and fax them back to SuSE before getting a secret URL to use for download or getting a CD package in the mail.
/Thomas Kern /(301)903-2211 -----Original Message----- From: Post, Mark K [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 09:54 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: New SuSE Enterprise Server Well, even though this is acceptable under the GPL, I have to say that I'm disappointed SuSE is doing this. I understand it is for business reasons, but it is still disappointing to me. It makes it harder for me (and people like me) to really get to know the new release and be able to recommend it to clients for installation. I am really loathe to recommend something I don't have personal experience with. Perhaps SuSE would consider having something similar to a developer's version with the restriction that it not be used in production? I would certainly be willing to agree to those terms (since I suggested them, I'd better!). Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Joachim Schroeder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 2:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: New Suse Enterprise Server -snip- , a beta version will be made available for download, not the GA code. -snip-
