On Fri, May 23, 2003 at 12:20:12PM +1000, Michael.James@csiro.au wrote: : Any Suse Legal Eagles, : : I understand that buying a copy of Suse allows me : to install on as many machines as I like. : : Does it also mean I can *GIVE* burnt copies to friends? : : My reading of this paragraph : from COPYRIGHT.yast on the Suse 8.2 DVD : is anything that doesn't involve payment is OK. : : 3. Dissemination : It is forbidden to reproduce or distribute data carriers which have : been reproduced without authorisation for payment without the prior : written consent of SuSE Linux AG or SuSE Linux. : : There are other clauses to consider if I start hacking YaST : but at this stage I'm talking about straight CD duplication. I believe this means that unless SuSE authorizes you as an official duplicator, then you can't legally burn copies of the CDs. This has been covered a multitude of times. Please check this list's archives for more details. --Jerry Open-Source software isn't a matter of life or death... ...It's much more important than that!