I think Hon. Kiggs is still consulting with the powers that be in Novell On 6/6/05, Ernest Byaruhanga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>>> is suse 9.3 supposed to be duplicated and redistributed > >>>>>> freely by anyone? what does suse's license say? is this > >>>>>> not illegal? how does suse (and commercial distributors > >>>>>> like Kym.net gain?) > >>>> > >>>> This is what the license says:- "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)." So as far as I can see, there is > >>>> nothing illegal about distributing it for free. > >>> > >>> in (1) above, does "consideration" mean "money" ? :-) (sorry, > >>> am not good at legal jargon) > > > > Usually money, but not necessarily. Consideration means something > > of value that is given in exchange for getting something from > > another person > > ah ok. it can be a good practice for East African Center for Open > Source Software to redistribute the less commercial distros like FC3, > Gentoo, FreeBSD, Slackware, etc.., rather than SuSE. I feel that > although Novell allows free redistribution without "consideration", > these guys need bucks for the work they inject into SuSE to make it > more refined than many other distros. > > (what do u think Kiggs, SuSE distributor for UG? EACOSS is taking you > out of business!) > > rgds > ernest > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >
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