On Fri, 2003-05-23 at 00:29, Ben Rosenberg wrote:
Unless it's changed and I didn't notice it. You can copy SuSE as many times as you like and give it to all your friends. As long as the copies are free. You can't charge them for the copies..well I suppose you could charge them $2.50 for the cost of the CD's or have them buy blank CD's for you. But they won't get any support what so ever from SuSE for these copies. Only a valid serial numbered copy will get support...and they do keep records of these things.
My take is that you can sell it for as much as you like, but you can't *sell* it and still call it "SuSE Linux." The software is yours; the only restriction under the GPL is that you release the source with the binaries. However, the trademarks and service marks of SuSE GmBH (I think that's how it goes) are SuSE's, and you're not allowed to use them to endorse whatever you're selling. So you can give it away all over the place, or call it "ESuS Linux" and sell it. I doubt anyone's going to come knocking if you only charge to cover your costs of duplication though... Regards, dk