On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 16:52, Jim Hatridge wrote:

Hi all..

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Or what if I sell the same copies to guys downunder for say double my cost, ie about 20 euro. Is this OK? If not, why not? Heck the Aussies on the list were moaning about the price. I could burn just the 7 disks and mail them there for around 20-25 euro. What's stopping me?

(...) AFAICT nothing, since the 20 to 25 € might just cover the media, the port (it's 16 Deutschmarks airmail to somewhere on the other side of the world, equaling 8.18€ now), and for your work time and burner wear, already next to nothing is remaining, so no conflicts with GPL to be assumed:-) Cheers ..... Wolfi ============================================= mailto:wolfi_z@yahoo.com _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

I wrote SuSE to ask them a similar question. Here is the response I received: ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Ticket [20020122900002330] Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 20:36:30 +0100 (CET) From: SuSE GmbH To: joines@joines.okstate.edu

I have purchased SuSE Linux Professional versions 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3. I have made ISO images of the CDs for my own use. There seems to be some debate on the SuSE Linux Users mailing list as to whether or not it is legal for someone to distribute their ISOs. The general consensus seems to be that it is legal as long as there is no charge. Am I allowed to distribute my ISOs for free?

YES you are 101% correct. As soon as you distribute for commercial purposes, i.e. cash, then you are required to pay a licensing fee.

Thanks,

Jason Joines Registered Linux User #251714 http://counter.li.org ----------------------------------------

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On Thursday 21 March 2002 09:52, you wrote: Hi all..

I've been reading about the Yast1 / 2 problem. Let me ask a question. For example, if I buy a copy of SuSE 8.0 and burn copies to give away, that's OK, right? What if I charged only for my costs?

Or what if I sell the same copies to guys downunder for say double my cost, ie about 20 euro. Is this OK? If not, why not? Heck the Aussies on the list were moaning about the price. I could burn just the 7 disks and mail them there for around 20-25 euro. What's stopping me?

BTW, I just got a burner <G>.

JIM

At 16:52 21/03/02 +0100, Jim Hatridge wrote:

Hi all..

I've been reading about the Yast1 / 2 problem. Let me ask a question. For example, if I buy a copy of SuSE 8.0 and burn copies to give away, that's OK, right? What if I charged only for my costs?

Or what if I sell the same copies to guys downunder for say double my cost, ie about 20 euro. Is this OK? If not, why not? Heck the Aussies on the list were moaning about the price. I could burn just the 7 disks and mail them there for around 20-25 euro. What's stopping me?

Hmmmm (Aussie user pots hand up and asks for mailing address for E20 !!!)