-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Þann laugardagur 03 febrúar 2001 23:00 skrifaðir þú:
Actually, it doesn't :-) Like any other software house, they
are allowed to
choose by themselves what license applies to the software they
write on their
own. If YAST had been developed by the community, and was GPL,
_then_ it
would stink as a skunk :-)
Stink like a skunk if it was developed by the open source community? That is definitely FUD. Look at KDE, Linux, Apache, Perl, the GNU Project - all of these projects are open source, and they don't stink! Further more I thought that was the reason people liked Linux - it was open source and the community helped make it stable! I always assumed YaST was open source - I can't believe it's not. ALL the major distro companies have open source config tools - RedHat, Caldera, Corel, Mandrake, Debian, Slackware, Stormix - ALL of them. It's disappointing to hear that an open source company doesn't believe in opening it's own software up.
-Tim
Please, don't read me wrong, or put words into my mouth. What I said was that if they were limiting distribution rights on an open-source package THAT would stink. They DONT. They limit distribution of their own in-house written software, and that is their own decision, and a quite reasonable one. Here is some of the YAST1 license: - READ the "*" marked lines YaST Copyright (c) 1995 - 2000 SuSE GmbH, Nuernberg (Germany) The object of this licence is the YaST (Yet another Setup Tool) program, the name YaST, together with SuSE Linux, the Linux Distribution of SuSE GmbH, all programme derived from YaST and all works or names derived in full or in part thereof together with the use, application, archiving, reproduction and passing on of YaST, all programs derived from YaST and all works derived in full or in part thereof. The YaST program and all sources is the intellectual property of SuSE GmbH within the meaning of the Copyright Law. The name YaST is a registered trademark of SuSE GmbH. In the following SuSE GmbH is the licensor and every user or processor of YaST or works derived in full or in part thereof, together with every person who reproduces, distributes or archives YaST or SuSE Linux, is the licensee of SuSE GmbH. [snip] Only this licence gives the Licensee the right to use reproduce, to distribute or to amend YaST or works derived from it. These actions are forbidden by the copyright act, if this licence is not recognised. If this licence is recognised and complied with in full, it is also valid even without the written consent of the Licensee. [snip] *3. Dissemination * It is forbidden to reproduce or distribute data carriers which have * been reproduced without authorisation for payment without the prior * written consent of SuSE GmbH or SuSE Linux. Distribution of * the YaST programme, its sources, whether amended or unamended in full * or in part thereof, and the works derived thereof for a charge require * the prior written consent of SuSE GmbH. [snip] - --- This most definitely states that YAST is the IP of SuSE GmbH, and not to be done with as you please. It is their choice, and as I see it, a valid point. The world does not revolve around free software, although free software is just as good ( or bad - depending on what you look at ) as commercial software. Having both gives both us and the parties involved in producing them a certain leverage. As I said, you read me completely wrong. I recommend you read slower. - -tosi
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