Hello,
I want to know more about that, and also about Novell's approach.
<prosun>
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 16:19:16 -0400, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<donning_listadmin_hat>
Ok, ppl... everyone pipe down! Enuf b/w wasted on this topic... period!
henceforth this a dead thread... and Subhobrata... can you cut back on
the
impassioned prose in future... we all know of your leanings in the
matter.. but
still do try in future.
</donning_listadmin_hat>
As a matter of fact, Ranjeet (CCed above) of Onward Novell has been after
my
life asking me to organise some sort of demonstration of by
SuSE/Ximian/Novell
offerings to the ILUG-Cal members.
In fact, Novell is very eager to reach out to the community and send out
the CDs
and updates to LUG members, for their personal use and evaluation.
Prakash/Ranjeet: Correct me and/or add your inputs.
NOTE: If you guys' novell.com addresses are not subscribed, please direct
a CC
copy of your replies to me so that I can bounce it to the list.
cheers,
ListAdmin.
PS> Yeah! this *IS* a top-post ;-)
Quoting Arijit Majumder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Yes ,
particularly when I am the source of this. One more fact is that SuSE
offers
all there software
for free download in binary as well as source if you download them as
individual package. They only do not provide iso images of the CDs. But
then
also it is perfectly alright to copy and distribute the CDs. The problem
comes only for a small amount of software like MainActor Video Studio,
which
is not GPL'ed. So it doesn't matter whether Novell would be happy or
not. And
in the light of the facts that after the aquisition of SuSE by Novell
YAST
has been made GPLed, it does'nt seem that Novell is against the spirit
of
Open Source sharing.
Arijit
----- Original Message -----
From: Tathagata Banerjee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 00:05:50 +0530
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [ilug-cal] Re: SUSE 9.1 Personal ISO Available for Free
Download
> On Wednesday 23 June 2004 11:48, Sumeet Madhukar Moghe wrote:
> > hizibiz wrote:
> > >i don't think Novell would be happy to
> > > know that its commercial cds are copied and distrubuted in a lug.
> > > The license under which YaST on SuSe 9.1 is shipped permits
royalty
free
> > sharing. So it isnt wrong to distribute SuSe 9.1 discs as long as
you
> > dont charge a fee for the distribution. Trust me no one at Novell
will
> > raise an eyebrow, especially now that they have chosen to GPL YaST.
And
> > YaST has been the only reason why SuSe has not been a free as in
> > freedom distro till date. So expect Novell+SuSe+Ximian to release a
> > personal ISO for every release now that all major components are
free.
> > /Sumeet
> > > thanks for the clarification, sumeet.
> dear hizbiz, i wish you'd check your facts before making implications.
this
> list does not tolerate piracy, and i would not have made the offer if
it
were > illegal. everyone knows what a tough cookie we have for a
listadmin!
> g d & r :-)
> > - t.
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