I don't think so, please read the linked LWN story. It was about the *license of a development release* including things like "prohibits redistribution for compensation and use in a production environment".
OK.
I don't buy the story of mirrors having problems, because they mirror exactly the same distributions that offer practically everything restricted.
So we want the media easier to be redistributed (as if now someone doesn't do that already...they even sell it online) on one hand to reach
Some mirrors and merchants violating current licenses is no reason that should make us stop to simplify our license. :-)
Technically all the mirrors hosting the DVD are violating it, strictly speaking. And I don't see how this will be solved with a non-OSS repository. The current configuration of non-OSS repositories won't change anything for mirrors, for example. So does Novell plan to split the non-OSS repository in two, one with the redistributable part on the usual mirrors, and another one with the non-redistributable packages? And where would this be hosted? Regards, Alberto -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org