Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > So there is nothing to stop us using it for an installfest? > > There has never been anything which disallowed you to use suse at an > installfest (other than perhaps the content of your head ;) ). > > Anyone is free to copy until their burners go up in smoke. Dito for > putting it on servers for download. Has never been any different, and > I've said that several times before on this list too.
If people are free to put it on mirrors why does no one stick up the ISO's? I've never seen a mirror with SUSE ISO's? Chad > > If suse isn't on the uni ftp server, than that has absolutely nothing > to do with suse. > > > What I mean is, are we allowed to burn off 30 copies sell them for > > $5/disk (to cover costs) and install them on all comers PCs? > > That depends. It "requires written permission". As noone here ever had > the idea to ask, we don't know. I have heard they're quite friendly to > user groups and have even supplied free boxes(!) in the past (though > they may have been one version back and I doubt they'll ship to NZ). In > practice, I am also dead certain that they couldn't give a damn about > anything non-commercial, i.e. user groups charging five bucks. One > would hope they have better things to do (and I haven't heard of a case > where suse actually got into some action, no doubt /.&Co would have > been frothing if that had happened). Plus, there are many ways around > that - sell blanks, then copy. You'll need the updates anyway - ok, the > update CD is five bucks, the distro CD is free (and it's 3-7 CDs > anyway, or 1-2 DVDs). Use your imagination but stop whinging (and it's > a non-issue soon anyway). > > Personally I supply copies of any suse version (and I won't be out of > pocket). (And it's an excellent distro, but that's a different topic, > and the 64bit version is dirt cheap.) > > > There may be problems with other SuSE developed software. > > FUD + BS. There are many good pieces of GPL software by @suse.com > authors on the distro, and if other distros didn't pick them up because > of stubborn political blindness then that's for their bad. > > > Is anyone able to please consider running a Suse demo for a CLUG meeting? > > Yep, no problem (other than perhaps the date). > > Volker
