> -----Original Message----- > From: anton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 11:47 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Yast going GPL > > > > that's what I don't understand - is it illegal for me to make > a copy of > a Suse distro and install it on my computer?
In a "technical" sense, yes, it is -- unless its a LiveEval! version. However, if the owner of the disk installs it on your machine, it's perfectly legal. I've been using SuSE since 6.3 and I've been to LUG meetings where a chap from SuSE has been there, during an install fest, and he never batted an eyelid about people installing other people's copies of SuSE. It was he, who said that the owner of the media can install to as many machines as they liked - as many as they liked! and that for an install fest, it was for evaluation/education purposes anyway, so install away. I thought it was wonderful news when I heard that Novell were buying SuSE. I loved Netware back in the days when I was a tek; we only needed two servers to run 500plus PCs; when we went to NT4, we needed 9! If the best of Novell combines happily with the best of SuSE . . . look out Bill! And YAST is a bloody good tool, so going GPL is fantastic. Well done Novell & SuSE for having the bottle to release it. I'm looking forward to getting my hands on 9.1. -- Paul Hornshaw
