[Fwd: Re: [SLE] SuSE 8.2 copies already on sale at EBay]
Ugh - direct replied again instead of to the list. Sorry for the direct
reply James.
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Subject: Re: [SLE] SuSE 8.2 copies already on sale at EBay
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 00:50:28 -0400
From: John LeMay
You don't understand - the person selling these CDs is IN BREACH of the YaST license.
You can reproduce and distribute copies of SuSE for no charge, but you CANNOT sell copies you have made.
DO NOT buy these illegal copies on eBay - you are simply depriving SuSE of revenue, which means that they can reinvest less money into Free Software development.
That means less money spent on people working on the kernel, ALSA, KDE, XFree86, Mozilla, GNOME, etc etc etc...
Support SuSE - only buy genuine boxed copies from genuine retailers, or direct from SuSE if that is possible in your location.
Fair enough and understood, but honestly if I hadn't bought a copy of 8.1 off of ebay I never would have tried SuSE in the first place. Now that I have, I'll likely purchase 8.2 down the road (although 8.1 with updated xf86 and kde packages works good for me here). I prefer the old "try before you buy" method. It gives me the opportunity to try out a product without locking myself into an investment. Heck, I would have been pretty annoyed if I ever paid for Mandrake. (sorry, I just like to bash Mandrake since I had such a bad time with the distro) -- John LeMay KC2KTH Senior Enterprise Consultant NJMC | http://www.njmc.com | Phone 732-557-4848 Specializing in Microsoft and Unix based solutions -- John LeMay KC2KTH Senior Enterprise Consultant NJMC | http://www.njmc.com | Phone 732-557-4848 Specializing in Microsoft and Unix based solutions
Ugh - direct replied again instead of to the list. Sorry for the direct reply James.
No probs - I do it all the time myself ;)
Fair enough and understood, but honestly if I hadn't bought a copy of 8.1 off of ebay I never would have tried SuSE in the first place. Now that I have, I'll likely purchase 8.2 down the road (although 8.1 with updated xf86 and kde packages works good for me here). I prefer the old "try before you buy" method. It gives me the opportunity to try out a product without locking myself into an investment. Heck, I would have been pretty annoyed if I ever paid for Mandrake. (sorry, I just like to bash Mandrake since I had such a bad time with the distro)
By all means try before you buy, but do it through the legal means - do an FTP install, get hold of the live evaluation CD, or get a gratis CD set burnt by someone. Glad you're a SuSE convert, hope you enjoy your stay :) -- James Ogley, Webmaster, Rubber Turnip james@rubberturnip.org.uk http://www.rubberturnip.org.uk Jabber: riggwelter@myjabber.net Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 8.1). GNOME updates for SuSE: http://www.usr-local-bin.org
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