Yes,
but SuSE is an interesting choice.
YaST is not OSS
(http://www.suse.de/en/private/support/licenses/yast.html)
SuSE does not supply ISOs - they allow an ftp install, though.
The above page also emphasises "SuSE Linux" in its terminology, and has a
final clause that has the words
6. Additional restrictions
If the distribution or use of YaST and SuSE Linux or parts of SuSE
Linux is restricted in a state either by patents or by interfaces
protected by copyright, SuSE Linux AG can specify an explicit geographic
restriction of the distribution of YaST and SuSE Linux or parts of SuSE
Linux, in which these states are fully or partially excluded from
distribution. In such a case this licence includes the whole or partial
restriction as if it was written down in this licence.
which I don't fully understand, but which has words that remind me of
proprietary software.
I'd like to add here that I thought SuSE 7.3 was a good distro...
-kg
On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Indranil Das Gupta wrote:
> Schwaebisch Hall, a provincial German town of crooked medieval streets whose
> biggest employer is a savings bank, has jumped to the front of a growing
> technology movement by replacing Microsoft software on all city computers with
> open-source applications based on the free, unproprietary Linux operating
> system.
>
> It is the first city in the world to do that, local officials claim, saying the
> switch will save money, improve security and break their dependence on just one
> supplier.
>
> SuSE is helping the town with the switch.
>
> URL: http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Mar/03242003/monday/41107.asp
>
> An Associated Press report by David McHugh
>
>
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