On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Volker Kuhlmann <list0570@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
Right at the start of the installation one is presented with a long piece of legalese, called the "Novell Pre-Release Software License Agreement", on the CD as EULA.txt.
This hole piece reads like Billy couldn't have written it better. I at least find that offensive. Without reading the rest of the drivel (I know what my rights under the GPL are, and the really good thing is, Novell can do nought about it), it says right at the start:
THE SOFTWARE MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OR FURTHER DISTRIBUTED WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION FROM NOVELL.
I wonder what e.g. the FSF has to say about that.
As the "legal department" is pretty quick when it comes to what software can be included in openSUSE, can't they use their collective brains to come up with something that is fair, appropriate, or at least not in danger of attracting legal proceedings?
Volker
Well I'm further distributing it right here: http://voice4.netjdn.com/openSUSE-11.0-Alpha3-KDE-i386.iso On my SuSE Linux-powered server. Let's see how far this goes.... honestly I think that provision is total BS. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org