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Re: [opensuse] SUSE Linux versus opensuse linux naming
> not GPL, but not closed, it was never (AFAIK) - it was only
> asked to quote when modified

It was "open source" in so far as the source was available and included
on release media.

It was non-free in so far as unacceptable[1] restrictions were placed on
how one could or could not redistribute it.

[1] In terms of GPL compatibility.
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