On Friday 19 January 2007 12:31, Harsh Busa wrote: > On 1/18/07, jtd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday 19 January 2007 11:16, Dinesh Shah wrote: > > > Are you sure? Since he is asking for *OpenSUSE* and not SLES, > > > what you are saying may be incorrect. Please refrain from FUD. > > > :-) > > > > I AWAYS read before shooting off my mouth. But for those who > > havent > > > > From http://www.novell.com/products/opensuse/eula.html > > > > "The Software is a collective work of Novell. You may make and > > use unlimited copies of the Software for Your distribution and > > use within Your Organization. You may make and distribute > > unlimited copies of the Software outside Your organization > > provided that: 1) You receive no consideration; and, 2) you do > > not bundle or combine the Software with another offering (e.g., > > software, hardware, or service). The term "Organization" means a > > legal entity, excluding subsidiaries and affiliates with a > > separate existence for tax purposes or for legal personality > > purposes. An example of an Organization in the private sector > > would be a corporation, partnership, or trust, excluding any > > subsidiaries or affiliates of the organization with a separate > > tax identification number or company registration number. In the > > public sector, an example of Organization would be a specific > > government body or local government authority." > > whats wrong with the except from eula ? can you explain by example > how we can be killed or put behind bars in any court of law
> 1) You receive no consideration; and, 2) you do > not bundle or combine the Software with another offering (e.g., > software, hardware, or service). Which means that u cant sell AND u cant run YOUR software on the users machine. But that is the visible part. What about the invisible? You may not: (1) reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Software except and only to the extent it is expressly permitted by applicable law or the license terms accompanying a component of the Software; or (2) transfer the Software or Your license rights under this Agreement, in whole or in part. So no reuse and no distribution. And if some component of a package is licencsed differently, U are governed by the different terms of that component. And what are those? search the distro, then find out what are M$ and Novell patented stuff amongst those. Why? They tell u so here OWNERSHIP RIGHTS No title to or ownership of the Software is transferred to You. Novell and/or its licensors owns and retains all title and ownership of all intellectual property rights in the Software, including any adaptations or copies. You acquire only a license to use the Software. The first sentence is about coyright ownership? No it's about software IP. That's what the next sentence says. And the next tells u that you have a licence only to use. And hence not to redistribute any patented stuff. Why this particular section? cause in an earlier sections they say that u can distribute some of the software which permit such distribution. What does it all mean?. If you are keen on taking a panga get a lawyer serve a notice and findout. If u want to distribute use any distro that allows you to do so. And anyone who says Novell is great has no idea of what he's yaking about. I have better things to do in life than sit and analyze crap company's crap licence. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
