On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 11:42:45PM -0500, FlavusSnow@aol.com wrote:
As I understand it, most distributions of Linux are offered free. SuSE offers an evaluation version which only runs off of a CD and is extremely slow. Is there any way for me to download a non-evaluation version of SuSE from their FTP, or must I purchase the distribution? If purchasing is the only way of getting a non-evaluation copy of SuSE's distribution, is this in accordance with the GNU public license?
You can download the install disk, and perform a ftp install. The GPL only states that you have to distribute your source code if you distribute the software. It does not say that the software must be available free of charge. If you buy the software, you get the source. If you download the software, you also get the source. However, if you use the evaluation CD, then you can still grab the source off of the FTP server, and the GPL is satisfied. - v -- Victor R. Cardona vcardona@home.com "Behold the keyboard of Kahless, the greatest Klingon code warrior that ever lived!"