Suse License Question
I just want to know about the Suse Linux 10 License: does Suse 10 fall under the GPL. What I want to do is load Suse 10 for someone else and then set up postgres etc. and load a program I have written for them and then charge them anually for the program. Can I keep the root password for myself. Thanks Henk "Softline VIP provides no warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of any advice or information provided herein and accepts no liability for loss or damage of any nature whatsoever, as a result of or which may be attributable to the use of, or the reliance upon, the advice or information provided herein."
Henk Roos wrote:
What I want to do is load Suse 10 for someone else and then set up postgres etc. and load a program I have written for them and then charge them anually for the program. Can I keep the root password for myself.
IOW you're providing a service for someone else and charging a fee for it. That is the same as the millions of webhosters that offer Linux+Apache+MySQL+PHP at a fee. It is not related to the license of the distribution itself. Whether you can keep the root-password to yourself is only a matter for you and your customer. /Per Jessen, Zürich
On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 10:10 +0200, Per Jessen wrote:
Henk Roos wrote:
What I want to do is load Suse 10 for someone else and then set up postgres etc. and load a program I have written for them and then charge them anually for the program. Can I keep the root password for myself.
IOW you're providing a service for someone else and charging a fee for it. That is the same as the millions of webhosters that offer Linux+Apache+MySQL+PHP at a fee. It is not related to the license of the distribution itself.
Whether you can keep the root-password to yourself is only a matter for you and your customer.
/Per Jessen, Zürich
One thing to consider is the licensing of the software that you have written yourself. It may rely on GPLed code? But still this does not involve the distribution. E-Mail disclaimer: http://www.sunspace.co.za/emaildisclaimer.htm
Henk Roos wrote:
I just want to know about the Suse Linux 10 License:
does Suse 10 fall under the GPL.
What I want to do is load Suse 10 for someone else and then set up postgres etc. and load a program I have written for them and then charge them anually for the program. Can I keep the root password for myself.
It is GPL, so you can charge for services, but not for SUSE.
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