Mike; You are correct as usual. They can't take away rights that they do not have. But Novel does own the rights to Unix itself, and I think it is that property that it is trying to protect. With that said I did not want my "recommendation" of learning applied to building a consulting business on SuSE. OpenSUSE v11.0 has a learning curve and I still recommend any pro's out there to check it out ( also there KDE v4 is very good ) System Admins also need to know Red Hat Enterprise Linux ( aka RHEL ) which is simple to get and learn via CentOS ( http://www.centos.org/ ) CentOS is RHEL with all Red Hat logos and copyrighted stuff removed, thus it is a good platform for a consulting or busness to use.
Frankly I do not find Red Hat a challange as it is decently straight forward. Also Fedora which is what I swore by (before Ubuntu came out) is an exclent desktop platform. So as a Pro if you come accross a RHEL install it should not be much of an issue, but if you have to support a SLES ( SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ) install on a $1 million dollar IBM Power server, well it will be a hand full if you have never seen it. Thus learn OpenSUSE just in case ;-) Joe On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Mike Kershaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 03:32:34PM -0400, Joseph Apuzzo wrote: > > Please note that when you install and use OpenSUSE you are giving up > certain > > user "rights" that GNU/Linux grants you under the GPL: > > > > 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! > > I think this is not entirely a true statement. > > Novell cannot (and say as much) remove rights from you on GPL software > or software they have not developed. They do not own the sw. > > What they CAN do is restrict your rights to Novell-developed software > not licensed under the GPL. This means if their installer is binary > only, etc, it falls under this license if not licensed otherwise. > > So, while this is a commercial license and that's galling, this does not > restrict your rights with regards to any GPL (or BSD) software in > OpenSuse. > > I have no argument with your decision to not use it because it contains > non-free components, however :) > > -m > > -- > Mike Kershaw/Dragorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > GPG Fingerprint: 3546 89DF 3C9D ED80 3381 A661 D7B2 8822 738B BDB1 > > "I'll be using the claw end of yer basic crow bar, but ya could use any > kind > of hammer or pry bar--just be sure ya get it blessed by a licensed exorcist > BEFORE ya start the project." > -- This Old Exorcism > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Jun 4 - Sqeak! and eToys > Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative) > Aug 6 - Zenos > Sep 3 - TBD > > _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Jun 4 - Sqeak! and eToys Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative) Aug 6 - Zenos Sep 3 - TBD
