Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (245 mails)

[Andreas Jaeger <aj@xxxxxxx>]

jdd <jdd@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Stephan Kulow a écrit :
> > Am Donnerstag 07 Februar 2008 schrieb Benji Weber:
> > > Worth bearing in mind for (2) that even if all non-free software is
> > > removed the user can still not freely modify and redistribute the
> > > modified versions because of all the Novell trademarks and some
> > > non-free artwork included.
> > The rules of modifications is exactly what the new EULA would then
> > be about. E.g. "You can copy and redistribute. If you want to modify
> > it, make sure you rename the product and replace the artwork before
> > you redistribute your modified version" would be an EULA I would read :)
> >
> > Greetings, Stephan
> I would like to have the copyrighted material in a separate package,
> or easily found

Definitely - that's one topic of this weeks' dist meeting (see Coolo's
email titled "Dist Meeting" on the factory list from a few days ago):
 - how to handle branding of the distribution

We have done some steps but this needs a bit more work
incl. documentation.

Andreas
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