2 Apr
2006
2 Apr
'06
11:55
Per Jessen wrote:
Greg Wallace wrote:
Then again, I don't recall whether the downloads were actually a "legitimate" way of obtaining the product or not,
If downloading SUSE Linux was not legitimate, why would Novell be offering that possibility? AFAI have understood, Novell/SUSE/Redhat and other distro-vendors cannot charge anyone for the actual software (because it doesn't belong to them), and instead they are somehow obliged to make it freely available for download.
They don't have to make anything available for download. They have to make the source avaiable. Download is simply one method of making it avaiable. They could, for example, mail a stack of listings or punch cards, on request.