Please note that when you install and use OpenSUSE you are giving up certain
user "rights" that GNU/Linux grants you under the GPL:
Here are just some of the fun sections of the EULA:
Novell reserves all rights not expressly granted to You. 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.
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.
Benchmark Testing. This benchmark testing restriction applies to You
if You are a software vendor or if You are performing testing on the
Software at the direction of or on behalf of a software vendor. You
may not, without Novell's prior written consent not to be unreasonably
withheld, publish or disclose to any third party the results of any
benchmark test of the Software. If You are a vendor of products that
are functionally similar to or compete with the Software ("Similar
Products"), or are acting on behalf of such a vendor, and You publish
or disclose benchmark information on the Software in violation of this
restriction, then notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the
Similar Product's end user license agreement, and in addition to any
other remedies Novell may have, Novell shall have the right to perform
benchmark testing on Similar Products and to disclose and publish that
benchmark information and You hereby represent that You have authority
to grant such right to Novell.
Transfer. This Agreement may not be transferred or assigned without
the prior written approval of Novell.
it goes on and on!
So "User be aware", if you think of using this as a server platform for a
business.
Novel's partner is still Microsoft, who has the longest EULA known.
Thus I will learn it and delete the VM when I'm done.
Long live Ubuntu and Debian!
Joe
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