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Hi, BandiPat schrieb:
And these are located where?
Another file named COPYING is in the root directory of CD1...
Are they listed in the manual that comes with the box, on the box or simply somewhere that a new or old user wouldn't think to look? I know they are available, but it should be very well listed where they can be obtained, not hidden.
Do you really interpret the GPL in such a way that the users can setup rules how prominently and where the sources availability must be advertised?
Yes, the fact that a charge could be obtained for SuSE sending them out to a user requesting them was known when they didn't arrive with 10.0. But unlike 10.0, 10.1 wasn't made available as a DVD iso either.
I don't actually understand this paragraph. The media used to distribute the source packages doesn't need to be an ISO. The binary distribution is available as DVD ISO and for the sources a legally not required DVD ISO is available via jigdo: http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/ftp.suse.com/people/cthiel/jigdo-test
I don't really think it was a barb at SuSE generally, but like many here, the writer was apparently quite disappointed with 10.1 and it's many problems. I think we all have reason to be concerned with the direction Novell is taking SuSE at the moment, as does the writer.
But spreading rumours about a GPL violation is not an appropriate way to express such concerns. Things like this can cause major problems for a Linux distributor because some people will always believe it even if it's not true. The GPL is not meant to be a weapon against companies who sold you buggy software - actually the GPL is the exact opposite, a disclaimer of warranty. I simply don't believe this person that he doesn't know where to get the sources from. He just insists on being offered the sources in a specific form mainly in order to have something to criticize.
Outward appearances seem to indicate some bad choices on Novell's part and if they continue in that manner, well, I don't think I need to spell it out.
Yes, and one of these bad, very much criticized choices we discussed on this list shortly ago has very much to do with better GPL compliance, why don't people appreciate it? Andreas Hanke --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-help@opensuse.org