From a legal perspective, putting non-oss packages on the retail DVD would mean
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User cfarrell@novell.com added comment
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--- Comment #7 from Ciaran Farrell 2009-10-12 13:26:01 MDT ---
that the EULAs of those non-oss packages would effectively put restrictions on
e.g. copying/redistributing those DVDs.
The fact that the DVD9 retail DVDs are technically not easy to copy (because of
the cost of blank media) is not relevant here - we are talking about legal
restrictions on copying, not technical restrictions.
You point out that people will most probably use the downloadable DVD for
copying. This just highlights the point - there are no restrictions on
copying/distributing the downloadable DVD (although you are probably correct in
stating that this also has to do with the fact that it is easier to copy a
standard DVD than a DVD9).
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