-------- Original Message -------- From: Hans van der Merwe <hvdmerwe@sunspace.co.za> To: SLE <suse-linux-e@suse.com> Date: Di 29.08.2006 10:34 Subject: Re: [SLE] Suse License Question On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 10:10 +0200, Per Jessen wrote:
Henk Roos wrote:
What I want to do is load Suse 10 for someone else and then set up postgres etc. and load a program I have written for them and then charge them anually for the program. Can I keep the root password for myself.
IOW you're providing a service for someone else and charging a fee for it. That is the same as the millions of webhosters that offer Linux+Apache+MySQL+PHP at a fee. It is not related to the license of the distribution itself.
Whether you can keep the root-password to yourself is only a matter for you and your customer.
/Per Jessen, Zürich
One thing to consider is the licensing of the software that you have written yourself. It may rely on GPLed code? But still this does not involve the distribution. So what you all are saying is that I will be providing a service, and that the software program I have written still belong to me and I am using Suse 10 as a platform for my service, which means that the OS doesn't belong to them or to me, because it is open source? All the source code for the program I have written myself from scratch in Java, I haven't used / modified any other GPL source. Thanks "Softline VIP provides no warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of any advice or information provided herein and accepts no liability for loss or damage of any nature whatsoever, as a result of or which may be attributable to the use of, or the reliance upon, the advice or information provided herein."