Am Freitag 28 März 2008 schrieb Volker Kuhlmann:
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?
openSUSE is not under the GPL. It may be made out of GPL software, but still Novell holds all rights on the assembly of the product. And as we had the case before where german magazines put Alpha0 on a cover mount and say "OpenSUSE 11 is ready" - there is no other chance to protect the openSUSE distribution than by its EULA. And remember: this is the Pre-Release EULA. Greetings, Stephan -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org