Re[2]: [SLE] Yast and the next version of SuSE

Good form Phillip. Thanks for taking the time to answer. Philipp Thomas wrote:

On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 06:52:21 , you wrote:

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Simply being able to read the source doesn't make it open-source in the sense of the GPL.

A lot of Linux Software isn't GPL! There's the BSD style license, the MIT license, the XFree license, the mozilla license. Does that make them closed source? No!

And who do you think would go to the trouble of adapting YaST1 to the changes that come with new releases (/etc/sysconfig, changing package desciption format etc.?), given that SuSE won't invest any effort anymore?

You're free to dislike the YaST1 license, but that doesn't give you any rights to spread false information like calling YaST1 closed source.

Philipp