I cannot believe that I am reading this...!! What is the point of Open Source Software then?! Are you guys suggesting that people are only free to share the less commercial software and that when it comes to something where some money can be made then access is supposed to be blocked?! In any case, ask yourself where the versions of the different software that Novell bundles into SuSE come from.... I do not think they pay programmers at Novell to write all this software! They are picking from other projects that are already running and putting on their stamp and a few additions. Should we say that those programmers also need to charge Novell for all the work that they are doing...
Marinate on that. On Mon, 2005-06-06 at 18:37, JFL wrote: > 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/ > > > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
