On Friday 28 November 2008 11:44, jtd wrote: > On Wednesday 26 November 2008 20:58, Easwar Hariharan wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 5:14 PM, jtd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wednesday 26 November 2008 14:01, Ganesh Gajare wrote: > > > > Hello to all, > > > > I have faced two problem using OpenSuse in my one of the > > > > friends laptop. When i boot in open suse mouse pad does not > > > > support, it does not work. > > > > > > First avoid opensuse like the plague. > > > > Um,why?It's SUSE that's 'polluted',for lack of a better word,not > > openSUSE AFAIK.?? > > Check the licence. This should help. > > http://mm.gnu.org.in/pipermail/linuxers/Week-of-Mon-20070115/057356 >.html > > Infact read the whole thread. > > Two years ago we thought we could have ducked under "software > patents are not recognized in India". With the Indian patent office > granting innumerable software patents, and attempting to provide a > legal backdoor, that defence is no longer available unless you have > fat money or lawyer friends to defend you in court.
Novell has changed the licence. So they realised the stupidity of their ways. http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_EULA They are now eqivalent to Fedora as far as licences go. But the next para still holds. > And by the way Novell was one of the companies supporting M$ > farcical document standards, in contradiction of all logic - yet > another indication of their double standards. > > Once you are aware of the politics of software and how it can screw > you, to each his own poison pill. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
