is suse 9.3 supposed to be duplicated and redistributed
freely by anyone? what does suse's license say? is this
not illegal? how does suse (and commercial distributors
like Kym.net gain?)
This is what the license says:- "The Software is a collective
work of Novell. You may make and use unlimited copies of the
Software for Your distribution and use within Your
Organization. You may make and distribute unlimited copies
of the Software outside Your organization provided that: 1)
You receive no consideration; and, 2) you do not bundle or
combine the Software with another offering (e.g., software,
hardware, or service)." So as far as I can see, there is
nothing illegal about distributing it for free.
in (1) above, does "consideration" mean "money" ? :-) (sorry,
am not good at legal jargon)
Usually money, but not necessarily. Consideration means something
of value that is given in exchange for getting something from
another person
ah ok. it can be a good practice for East African Center for Open
Source Software to redistribute the less commercial distros like FC3,
Gentoo, FreeBSD, Slackware, etc.., rather than SuSE. I feel that
although Novell allows free redistribution without "consideration",
these guys need bucks for the work they inject into SuSE to make it
more refined than many other distros.
(what do u think Kiggs, SuSE distributor for UG? EACOSS is taking you
out of business!)
rgds
ernest
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