Am Freitag, 12. September 2003, 03:15:18 Uhr MET, schrieb Duncan:
> On Thu 11 Sep 2003 23:50, Svetoslav Slavtchev posted as excerpted below:
> > i still disslike SuSE, because they use closed installer,
> > and there are no free install CD, and i think i would have
> > similer impression from Mandrake.
> If I'm not mistaken, they DO publish source, but it's not GPL
> compatible due to a caveat -- you can make mods and distribute as
> you wish, BUT ONLY FOR FREE AS IN GRATIS, you can't distribute
> versions for which you charge. Thus, it's deliberately not
> commercially viable to use their installer as the basis for another
> distrib, in ordered to keep commercial competition down, but if one
> doesn't charge for it, one could do it, and one is free to do it for
> their own or company use free of distribution charge, in any case.
> That's as I've seen it explained, anyway. I haven't bothered to go
> look at it first hand and see, so it's QUITE possible I have it all
> wrong. If so, a correction would indeed be appreciated.
You're absolutely right, that's the licence of yast2 in plain english.
This is the reason that disqualifies SuSE for me and others, as it's
NOT free software, they restrict your freedom too much to make it
usable for stuff like a special purpose distribution.
--
What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the
homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of
totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?
Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948), "Non-Violence in Peace and War"
