On Mar 23, 06 14:42:22 +0100, Martin Schlander wrote:
That's fantastic! There is no problem then ;-)
I'm no licenses expert - but unless this approval allows SUSE users to change the code and release their changes to the public, there's still a problem with claiming that it's OSS.
Martin is right. We still cannot claim that pine is OSS. I am trying to contact the U of W to verify their approval with regard to Novell's business products and also address the news that we do a 'real OSS' distribution now. We simply do not know what U of W intended with this license.
I don't think this changes anything - of course Novell is in the clear in terms of legal action - but we still need (1) the licenses to change, (2) these apps moved to non-oss section or (3) these apps to be replaced completely.
It changes something: it gives hope. We now have a hint that pine code maybe was intended as free software (despite the license text). If this turns out to be true, good for us. cheers, Jw. Btw: all this is based on a single e-mail eight years ago. For me, that is not enough to feel 'in the clear'. -- o \ Juergen Weigert paint it green! __/ _=======.=======_ <V> | jw@suse.de wide open suse_/ _---|____________\/ \ | 0911 74053-508 (tm)__/ (____/ /\ (/) | __________________________/ _/ \_ vim:set sw=2 wm=8