William H Lugg wrote:
On Sunday 06 March 2005 11:34, James Knott wrote:
Scorpy wrote:
Can this version be used free of charge without limitations in a company if i download it from the internet?
Yes. You can use it on as many systems as you want.
How about this. I'mworking on a project for the Air Force that is planning on taking the SuSE distro, weeding out the stuff that isn't needed (games, office apps, etc.), adding our in-house developed app and DB and repackage it for distribution to various sites (Military bases) for use. The plan is to use YaST to do the installation of our app and DB as well as the standard stuff. Our current take is that we need to hold a purchased SuSE license for each site that will use the app. Is this correct? Note that we aren't looking for SuSE support for these distributed licenses and the users come to us for support.
Where could I go to get a warm and fuzzy on the correct approach from a legal perspective? I've looked at the GPL and some other info on the SuSE site, but have trouble getting past the legal mumbo jumbo.
As I understand it, you're free to use it, without buying anything. You can download everything you need, from the SuSE site. However, you are bound by the GPL, which means that if you develop stuff using GPL, you are supposed to share it, though I believe there are certain situations, such as internal use only, that don't require redistribution. The best thing, would be to go through the GPL, to make sure of your position. If you develop outside of the GPL, there are no requirements to make it available to others. As I mentioned above, you can download SuSE from their web site, but it certainly would be nice, if you bought some copies.