Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (245 mails)

[Patrick Shanahan <ptilopteri@xxxxxxxxx>]

* Stephan Kulow <coolo@xxxxxxxxxx> [02-06-08 16:13]:
> Am Dienstag, 5. Februar 2008 schrieb Stephan Kulow:
> >   * the DVD5 does not have any non-oss software on it - this will
> >     allow for a simplified EULA - the non-oss medium will continue
> >     to have the old EULA then
>
> Looks like Francis was the only one to actually read my status report
> and it caused some discussion at the end of the IRC meeting. 
>
> So I would like to clarify some bits:
>  - we won't take the non-oss repo away and it will be easy to download
>    flash, acroread or your preferred application
>  - we will continue providing a non-oss addon CD with a stricter EULA
>  - we want to make the EULA _really_ simple in using only OSS, currently
>    the EULA (if you read it) forbids you to distribute copies of your
>    downloaded openSUSE - because of the non-oss software bundled
>
> So the question is: do we (as project) want to set a sign in making it
> a bit more difficult to install non-oss software or is the ease of use
> preferred over a simply license? We're very open for your feedback, but
> Michl, AJ and me as openSUSE management team would prefer to use open
> source only on the default medium.


I think that this is a very reasonable and well considered approach.
You are not restricting or denying anything, only changing the method
of access.  Completely acceptable.

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