Can anyone (SuSE?) provide details regarding specifically what in the SuSE GA distro is copyrighted by SuSE (and thus cannot be used or redistributed without their permission) and what is not? To my knowledge, it is ONLY Yast. Are there ANY other SuSE copyrighted materials in the distribution?
Michael Coffin, VM Systems Programmer Internal Revenue Service - Room�6030 1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C.� 20224 Voice: (202)�927-4188�� FAX:� (202) 622-6726 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message----- From: Mike Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 6:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SuSE: Announcement of beta, trial and evaluation versions of SuSE Linux Enterprise Server for S/390 and zSeries > > > > Under a special agreement you may use SuSE Linux Enterprise Server > > > > for S/390 and zSeries for sixty (60) calendar days for testing > > > > purposes (e.g. proof of concept). Trial versions must not be used in > > > > production, and they must not be redistributed. > > > > > isn't this a violation of section 6 of the GPL? > > > > The trial and evaluation versions contain "pay"-series software. > > > >I don't care about the payware. I do value the opportunity to freely >download and use Linux for my own purposes on my own terms. > >I may download and try other distributions, I will not do so with SuSE >on the terms outlined. Folks, I suggest we all hold fire on this one. I dropped in at Linuxworld New York at lunchtime and spoke to one of the Suse guys. He was *not* happy - this is apparently a 'rogue', possibly even unauthorised, press release, which may be badly-worded, inaccurate, or both. I suggest we await developments. Oh BTW - as far as I can make out, the issue of downloading a tryout of Suse 390 GA doesn't arise, it will only be available as a no-charge CD set, and the 'no production use' will be in the nature of a 'gentlemans agreement'. Mike http://www.corestore.org _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.
