On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 02:09:51PM +0100, Berni Elbourn wrote:
> >As far as I know, everything ever produced is copyrighted, whether it says 
> >so or not. Unless it explicitly relinquishes copyright (public domain) it 
> >will always be copyrighted. You know that the GPL is a copyright based 
> >license, right?
> >
> 
> GPL does not limit distribution but positively encourages it. 

That is not what he is saying. He says that GPL is a form of copyright. In
a way it is even a stricter form of copyright then standard copyright.

> It seems 
> Suse and Open suse are copyright Novell so technically everthing is 
> claimed by Novell.

The majority of programs on this CD falls under the GNU General Public 
License (GPL). This license can be found in the file "COPYING".

That is what I read. You read something else and choose to leave. I wish
you all the best with any other dirstibution. Don't forget to unsubscribe.

houghi
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