----- Original Message ----- From: "Kaushik Ghose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 5:18 PM Subject: Re: [ilug-cal] [OSS-NEWS] German Town Dumps Microsoft for Linux -- Is a Trend Starting?
<snipped> > 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. Its standard legelese for saying that we are not there to break any laws; we are not breaking any laws knowingly, and we are having implicit restrictions placed on our licence so that if any thing is illegal in your country then we are clearly asking you not to use it ad break your law, and if you don't pay heed to this then you are breaking the law anyway and you are using SuSE Linux illegally ;-). Same reason why there are non-US locations for downloading strong crypto products, are often banned for export/download from US servers or are at least restricted from distribution to countries like Iraq, Libya, Cuba, N. Korea etc. SuSE is only covering their legal asses since it has an international presence and distribution. --indra -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
