On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 07:47:28PM -0700, matthew@psychohorse.com wrote:
On Wednesday 05 June 2002 19:31, Neo Flux wrote:
I have a question regarding the licenses of SuSE 8.0 Professional & Personal editions. If I purchased it, am I legally allowed to give a copy to a friend?
Yes and encourage them to enjoy using it too. In fact give a copy to every friend you know.
Apologies for labouring this point - I know the YaST copyright, ISO and licensing issues have been discussed to death on this list, but I think that there may be some issues which have been overlooked. The Pro edition contains a number of commercial packages (e.g. Adabas), which I guess are not GPL. So, are we allowed to copy all 7 CDs from SuSE Pro? (all 3 from SuSE Personal?) I am asking the question because I am currently setting up a SuSE 8.0 machine for a local charity, and I would like to leave them with a copy of my CDs so that I can install/deinstall packages remotely (albeit with them changing the CDs if required). I hope to persuade them to buy their own copy eventually, but I have to get them hooked first, since they don't exactly have money to burn... Anyway, is there any restrictions on copying the whole CD set? Should I avoid copying CDs with packages from the 'pay' series? Or is there a different rule-of-thumb? Or am I worrying about nothing? TIA... PS: I installed 8.0 on my desktop over the weekend. Other than a small hiccup over the 3d drivers (which I eventually found on the SDB after a bit of searching), everything is fine. I was particularly impressed with the ease of setup of my TV card, which I've never managed to get to work properly before. -- David Smith Work Email: Dave.Smith@st.com STMicroelectronics Home Email: David.Smith@ds-electronics.co.uk Bristol, England