On Tuesday 30 November 2004 12:40, Sudhanwa Jogalekar wrote: > Regarding copying of SUSE CDs, if anyone can give us some authoritative > information about copying and redistributing of SUSE and/or other Novell > products (-probably with some URLS from the website), we will be able to > distribute them.
As far as the distribution of Suse CDs is concerned, I have used Suse for a quite a while now. Until the time Novell took it over, YaST was released under a license under which "redistribution for a price" was prohibited. Since Suse is meaningless without YaST, the "no redistribution for a price", restriction became viral to the entire distro, though theoretically, one could remove YaST from Suse and distribute it. This is where the confusion about Suse's redistribution restrictions started. However now, Novell ships YaST under the GPL, as also Ximian Connector, which effectively means that the only two erring pieces of software on the discs are "freely redistributable". This has been in the news for the past one year or so, ever since Novell announced the decision to go ahead and GPL YaST and Connector. Now a simple google would throw up tons of results and I wouldnt want to waste my time on that. As far as NLD9 is concerned, AG & I have elaborated enough already. > Same thing for Red Hat Products. As far as Red Hat is concerned, its a lot more tricky. The following excerpt from RHEL's License should give you an idea of what you can copy and what you cant. <quote> 1. The Software. Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Applications (the "Software") are either a modular operating system or application consisting of hundreds of software components. The end user license agreement for each component is located in the component's source code. With the exception of certain image files identified in Section 2 below, the license terms for the components permit Customer to copy, modify, and redistribute the component, in both source code and binary code forms. This agreement does not limit Customer's rights under, or grant Customer rights that supersede, the license terms of any particular component. 2. Intellectual Property Rights. The Software and each of its components, including the source code, documentation, appearance, structure and organization are owned by Red Hat and others and are protected under copyright and other laws. Title to the Software and any component, or to any copy, modification, or merged portion shall remain with the aforementioned, subject to the applicable license. The "Red Hat" trademark and the "Shadowman" logo are registered trademarks of Red Hat in the U.S. and other countries. This agreement does not permit Customer to distribute the Software using Red Hat's trademarks. Customer should read the information found at http://www.redhat.com/about/corporate/trademark/ before distributing a copy of the Software, regardless of whether it has been modified. If Customer makes a commercial redistribution of the Software, unless a separate agreement with Red Hat is executed or other permission granted, then Customer must modify any files identified as "REDHAT-LOGOS" and "anaconda-images" to remove all images containing the "Red Hat" trademark or the "Shadowman" logo. Merely deleting these files may corrupt the Software. </quote> > We dont want to go into problems on licensing/distribution and Trade Marks > and IPR issues. None of us do. I would be the last person to suggest illegitimate redistribution on a public mailing list. > -Sudhanwa Jogalekar -- /Sumeet Dear Lord: I just want *___one* one-armed manager so I never have to hear "On the other hand", again. -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/mailing-list/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
