RE: [SLE] Suse eval version?
2) I could put the 6 disks in an FTP directory and allow people to download the full version or make copies of the CDs and give it to friends and family (again SuSE wouldn't provide the value added features - namely tech support - but that's still understood). Conversely, he can go to his friend and say "Hey could you burn me those 6 disks cuz I wanna install it" without having to fear a $100,000 piracy fine as with MS-Crap.
I dare you to put it on ftp. I love to see SuSE scramble with unofficial mirrors popping up on the net because SuSE seems to live in the 80s still when people had no bandwidth for downloading stuff. I refuse to handle disks when I got a powerfull line in my house. Is SuSE still planning to burn CDs in 2010??? RedHat seems to be ahead of SuSE in this because they started a subscription service for their high-end ftp service. I haven't lost faith in SuSE Linux but I have lost faith in the people behind it that they don't provide a ftp service. Am I the only person who likes to live without carrying around a bunch of CDs and stuff his room with similar manuals??? Just to make this clear one more time. I will only be purchasing CD copies of SuSE if you start opening up the ftp process. If you won't stop torturing your ftp customers then I hope others pull even with me with stopping the revenue from going to SuSE. mk _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
You are partially correct in assuming that you can put the distrib on ftp. a. You would have to evaluate the license for every single program and check to make sure it is legal to distribute - SuSEs commercial classification programs are not distributable. Pre-GPL Qt KDE is probably not distributable (opinion; not flame) b. Some programs are licensed by SuSE ex. the sound drivers and cannot be distributed. (I don't think you can even install these on multiple machines) c. The ISO layout maybe copyrighted by SuSE (one of the BSDs does this), so all programs are free but you have to make your own CDs for distributing. d. Under the GPL you may also be required to provide a download for all GPL source along with the binaries, now we are talking _way_ more than 6 cds. e. Make sure you are not in Maryland which has passed UCITA with consumer protection clauses which could have implied warranties! Regards, Adi Gadwale. On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Purple Shirt wrote:
2) I could put the 6 disks in an FTP directory and allow people to download the full version or make copies of the CDs and give it to friends and family (again SuSE wouldn't provide the value added features - namely tech support - but that's still understood). Conversely, he can go to his friend and say "Hey could you burn me those 6 disks cuz I wanna install it" without having to fear a $100,000 piracy fine as with MS-Crap.
I dare you to put it on ftp. I love to see SuSE scramble with unofficial mirrors popping up on the net because SuSE seems to live in the 80s still when people had no bandwidth for downloading stuff. I refuse to handle disks when I got a powerfull line in my house. Is SuSE still planning to burn CDs in 2010??? RedHat seems to be ahead of SuSE in this because they started a subscription service for their high-end ftp service.
I haven't lost faith in SuSE Linux but I have lost faith in the people behind it that they don't provide a ftp service. Am I the only person who likes to live without carrying around a bunch of CDs and stuff his room with similar manuals???
Just to make this clear one more time. I will only be purchasing CD copies of SuSE if you start opening up the ftp process. If you won't stop torturing your ftp customers then I hope others pull even with me with stopping the revenue from going to SuSE.
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On Mon, 02 Oct 2000, you wrote:
2) I could put the 6 disks in an FTP directory and allow people to download the full version or make copies of the CDs and give it to friends and family (again SuSE wouldn't provide the value added features - namely tech support - but that's still understood). Conversely, he can go to his friend and say "Hey could you burn me those 6 disks cuz I wanna install it" without having to fear a $100,000 piracy fine as with MS-Crap.
I dare you to put it on ftp. I love to see SuSE scramble with unofficial mirrors popping up on the net because SuSE seems to live in the 80s still when people had no bandwidth for downloading stuff. I refuse to handle disks when I got a powerfull line in my house. Is SuSE still planning to burn CDs in 2010??? RedHat seems to be ahead of SuSE in this because they started a subscription service for their high-end ftp service.
I'd read the fine print before signing up for that service. It's not a complete set, and basically only for the updates they want you to have. If you are an administrator of 100+ machines it's a good thing. If not, then it isn't worth it. That is if you can even get their site to respond. After reading about it, I found that I couldn't even get the information. They made the announcement, and didn't have the info available. Nuff said about RH.
I haven't lost faith in SuSE Linux but I have lost faith in the people behind it that they don't provide a ftp service. Am I the only person who likes to live without carrying around a bunch of CDs and stuff his room with similar manuals???
Just to make this clear one more time. I will only be purchasing CD copies of SuSE if you start opening up the ftp process. If you won't stop torturing your ftp customers then I hope others pull even with me with stopping the revenue from going to SuSE.
My first inclination to this was to say don't let the door hit you in the backside on the way out. If you FTP everything why bother buying anything. Your logic defies what you are saying. "I'll FTP it and then buy the CD's.." Yea right.. Mike -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
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