Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2358 mails)

[kukuk@xxxxxxx (Thorsten Kukuk)]

On Fri, Oct 29, Arlen Carlson wrote:

> 
> On 29-Oct-99 zentara wrote:
> > Purple Shirt wrote:
> >> 
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> I discussed this with some people locally but I am the only SuSE user here
> >> and I wonder what is legal to copy and what is not legal to copy from a
> >> regularly bought SuSE distribution CD set like 6.2
> >> 
> >> I don't know if there is any people like me out there but when I buy
> >> software I like to make a copy in case I lose or break my original.
> >> 
> >> Sometimes I just run out of Windows coasters at parties and people don't
> >> think and suddenly they put down their glass of milk on the chameleon.
> >> 
> >> Can somebody go into detail about this, please?
> > 
> > I was given the understanding that you can put Suse on as many machines
> > as you want with your copy. You cannot make copies and hand them out to
> > friends.
> > You can make a backup copy for yourself.
> > I may be wrong, but that is what I have seen on the list here.
> > 
> > -- 
> Hmm!  I've always thought that I could copy the CD's for as many friends as I
> wanted to.  Hey Linux is free!  SuSE has my money for buying their CDs and book.

You could copy the CD's for your friends. The only problem could be the
serie "pay". There is commercial software, and I'm not sure about the
copyright for every single package in it.

  Thorsten


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