Yonny, the OpenSuSE 10.0 (comunity version) download contains open source (GPL/LGPL/Apache/etc) components only, so it should be compatible with the law "decreto 3390" that rules adoption of free software for government organizations in Venezuela. As a product, it does contains logos and trademarks owned by Novell, so some restrictions apply to redistribution of the software. You can redistribute it, as long as you respect the copyrights and trademarks, and don't charge costs for the software, as far as I know. Saludos, Martin -- Dinamica - Open source J2EE framework Free, easy and powerful http://www.martincordova.com On 11/10/05, Yonny Leon Camacho <yolecamacho@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi, i am in Venezuela, here only we can use free software, open suse is GPL ? it is about 4 freedom

thanks

Yonny, the OpenSuSE 10.0 (comunity version) download contains open source (GPL/LGPL/Apache/etc) components only, so it should be compatible with the law "decreto 3390" that rules adoption of free software for government organizations in Venezuela. As a product, it does contains logos and trademarks owned by Novell, so some restrictions apply to redistribution of the software. You can redistribute it, as long as you respect the copyrights and trademarks, and don't charge costs for the software, as far as I know. Saludos, Martin -- Dinamica - Open source J2EE framework Free, easy and powerful http://www.martincordova.com On 11/10/05, Yonny Leon Camacho <yolecamacho@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi, i am in Venezuela, here only we can use free software, open suse is GPL ? it is about 4 freedom

thanks