can you be a little more specific then? On Dec 10, 2005, at 1:26 PM, Cristian Rodriguez wrote:

Cameron Accola wrote:

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this is very simple, is open suse a distro, i have heard some talk debating both ways and i just want to clear it up -thanks

No.

OpenSUSE is the Community proyect. Distribution is called "SUSE Linux"

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But there is a SUSE 10 OSS version. which if FREE. could i made modification to it and then sell it with a diferent name? would this be legal? PS: i will return the mods parts to the project, or any new tool.

On Saturday 10 December 2005 20:10, Cameron Accola wrote:

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can you be a little more specific then?

How can you be more specific than "no"?

You asked a question, you received an answer. Were you looking for an answer, or were you looking to stir up a debate?

It is not a distribution, it is a project that produces packages which are used in distributions, chiefly - but not exclusively - the distributions labelled SUSE LINUX, which are sold by Novell

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On Dec 10, 05 16:39:10 -0300, Marcel Mourguiart wrote:

2005/12/10, Patricio Bruna V. :

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But there is a SUSE 10 OSS version. which if FREE. could i made modification to it and then sell it with a diferent name? would this be legal?

Yes if you completely remove the Novell and SUSE brand name

Please read the EULA, before you redistribute. One of the possibilities requires removing brand names. If in doubt, check the particular licenses of the packages that you like to redistribute and or modify. cheers, Jw. -- o \ Juergen Weigert paint it green! __/ _=======.=======_ <V> | jw@suse.de wide open suse_/ _---|____________\/ \ | 0911 74053-508 (tm)__/ (____/ /\ (/) | __________________________/ _/ \_ vim:set sw=2 wm=8

On Dec 12, 05 23:50:29 +1100, Peter Flodin wrote:

On 12/12/05, Juergen Weigert wrote:

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Please read the EULA, before you redistribute. One of the possibilities requires removing brand names.

We should probably have some resources on the wiki for redstributing SUSE and derivatives, as people get confused, and understandably so, with copyright, licensing and trademarks.

You shouldn't have to get a lawyer to base something on SUSE.

Right. Currently Novell defines the EULA for the OSS product. This is done by adding a few exception phrases to an EULA template that was meant for proprietory software. Not really easy prose. It is being rewritte for 10.1 currently. I am looking forward to see some improvements. I can give a 'human readable' interpretation of the EULA as soon as I am sure what it means. Please help by filing specific bugzilla entries against the EULA. cheers, Jw. -- o \ Juergen Weigert paint it green! __/ _=======.=======_ <V> | jw@suse.de wide open suse_/ _---|____________\/ \ | 0911 74053-508 (tm)__/ (____/ /\ (/) | __________________________/ _/ \_ vim:set sw=2 wm=8