From weis@dom.hws.edu Sat Feb 28 13:41:39 1998
From: weis@dom.hws.edu
To: users@lists.opensuse.org
Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Non-free programs
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 14:41:39 +0100
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On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, John Totten wrote:

>=20
> Any comments from SuSE on this post copied from the Portland Linux
> Users Group?
> 		=09
> 					John Totten
> 					Sitka AK
>=20
> David Welton wrote:
> >=20
> > On Fri, Feb 27, 1998 at 03:19:09PM -0900, John Totten wrote:
> > > > starting to see the rise of decidedly non-free, proprietary software
> > > > like Qt and SuSe.
> > > >
> > >
> > >       Why do you include SuSe in this David?
> >=20
> > Apparently, many of the programs they ship are not free, or so I've
> > heard.  This is done in a fairly seemless manner, supposedly, so it's
> > not readily apparent.
> >=20
> > Obviously, this is all second hand, please correct me if I'm wrong.
> >=20
> > Ciao,
> > --
> > David Welton                          <A HREF=3D"http://www.efn.org/~davi=
dw"><A HREF=3D"http://www.efn.org/~davidw</A">http://www.efn.org/~davidw</A</=
A>>
> >=20
> >         Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org
> --
As far as I know RedHat include an non free Xserver and Realaudio server
in there distribution that they sell(Not the one that you can download).
That software is not free and what is bad about it. I prefere SuSE and I
don't care very
much if I don't have the source code for YAST(I couldn't find the source
code maybe I am blind). He mentiond QT. That is not a problem for me. KDE
is the first usefull desktop enviroment that I saw on UNIX that is
userfriendly. QT is not GNU but I need a desktop that I can use and KDE is
build on QT. Thats my opinion. They have a nice discussion on slashdot.org
about free software(QT).

Dominik Weis

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