Basil, Basil Chupin <blchupin@iinet.net.au> writes:
Have a look at the entry for Novell, here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novell
Look in the R-H panel which will show that openSUSE is a product of Novell.
thx for the pointers. I've tried to rectify things a bit, both in the infobox and in the Novell Linux history. The transition from a product produced in a closed in-house inner circle to a free open source project *is* a major change for both the company and the project. while internally, this change is very tangible, it really needs ongoing clarification in the outside world, and your 'obnoxious' asking points to that. I count that as contribution ;)
However, I would be most pleased to be advised of a reference which shows that openSUSE.org is in fact an 'org' which is a not-for-profit organisation and which is a legal entity, able to sue and be sued, and which is constituted under an Act of parliament (in my country) and which has to meet very specific requirements as specified in the Act to be termed an 'organisation'.
Bear my ignorance, what difference does that make? I mean, real, factual, nuts and bolts tangible difference in contributing to the openSUSE project or downloading the software? in becoming a board member or technically influential or even key contributor? in taking the openSUSE distribution, givoing it an own flavour, creating services on top of that running an own build server, and giving and getting with the underlying openSUSE community project? What would you need such an organisation for, except for tax reasons?
In which country is openSUSE registered as a not-for-profit organisation?
However, I can see in the entry for the domain names for .org that this domain name is usually used for open source software - with no qualification mentioned that a commercial entity cannot use this domain name for its product(s).
Btw this reflects the fact that being open source (in OSI terms) is considered enough protection for a project. S. -- Susanne Oberhauser +49-911-74053-574 SUSE -- a Novell Business OPS Engineering Maxfeldstraße 5 Processes and Infrastructure Nürnberg SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org