During the bombing raid on Fri, 6 Apr 2001 23:45:25 +0200 (MET DST), Arnd
Bergmann was heard mumbling in fear:
> On 6 Apr 2001, Vox wrote:
>
> > I am not sure at this time, it's been a while since last time I touched
> > a SuSe install, but..their license for YAST/YAST2 says (used to say?) that you
> > can't do multiple installs from the same CD...you actually have (had?) to dld
> > an image for each install or buy a boxed set for each box....this is the #1
> > reason why I never liked SuSe and never plan on touching it....I'm all for
> Their current license is from 1998 and it definitely does allow multiple
> installations from one CD. However, you may not copy and distribute the
> installation media without permission (which e.g. my University has).
> The restriction is not nice, but it is not really an argument to pursuade
> the management.
That's true...if the license allows multiple instalations from a single
media, then you have no problems, as far as management goes.
> > companies making money, but I hate restrictions like that. As a matter of
> > fact, that's the main reason why my LUG doesn't use SuSe (2 of the 3 people
> > that take decisions in the LUG use SuSe) during installfests or for the CDs we
> > give away.
> Interesting. Our LUG always used SuSE for installfests, because they send us
> free up-to-date 'evaluation' CDs and at least once cheap (5 Euro) shrink-wrap
> boxes of the previous version.
> We thought about using Mandrake, but iirc there was no one who could organize
> free CDs or even printed manuals...
Well...we make our own CDs :) As for manuals, we point the people to
the site of the linux documentation in Spanish project....manuals in spanish
are not easy to come by, unfortunately, so we have to survive with the web.
On the other hand, it allows us to just burn our own CDs and be done
with it, not to worry about manuals and stuff :)
Vox
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