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ab@u1.com writes:
Hello,
I am interested in trying out suse 9.0 (AMD64), and have been waiting for it to appear on the ftp.suse.com FTP site.
The package seems to be available for retail now, but it is still not on the FTP site. Is it going to be made available?
We have done this so far for x86 but have not decided for AMD64 yet.
Doesn't the linux license require the product to be made available for free if desired?
No, not at all. The 9.0 DVD comes with sources and therefore everybody that gets the DVD, also gets the sources and there's no need to make them available to anybody else: The GPL states: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it, under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following: a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or, b) ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So, with putting the sources on the same medium as the binaries, we fullfill the requirements. Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj@suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj SuSE Linux AG, Deutschherrnstr. 15-19, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126