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The only thing you can't do is sell it for money without approval from SuSE, is that too restricting?
Yes, and OSI and the FSF both agree with me on this one. Enough so that it can't be included on an CD without SuSE's blessing. What a pitty.
And I bet you that even if it was GPL, no one would really work on it, given that there would be no support from SuSE. Are *you* going to do the changes necessary to make YaST1 work with 8.0 (rc.config -> /etc/sysconfig, no START_ variables, changed package descriptions etc.) or any following version? Guess where Mozilla or OO would be if the original developers had stopped working on it the moment it was made open source?
I can't say that I would adapt YaST1, no. However, I would not be surprised if someone took up the task of adapting YaST1 to either SuSE 8.0 or Foobar-dist, or whatever. As I noted with Caldera's Lizard and Lycoris, actually. The main point, I've been making about this for awhile now is this - SuSE has decided to retire YaST1. Many people like YaST1 and would like to continuing using it. Very few people are going to work on code they know can't be redistributed if XY distro decides the work is *really* good. So YaST1 dies. That gains nothing for SuSE, since SuSE has no interest in YaST1, and gains nothing for the users who like YaST1, since it will just become obsolecent - the exact thing open source licenses prevent. From the Open Source Definition, section one ("Free Redistribution"): "The license shall not restrict any party from selling or giving away the software as a component of an aggregate software distribution containing programs from several different sources. The license shall not require a royalty or other fee for such sale." http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition_plain.html
Of those yelling I haven't seen one single person saying 'I'd like to work on it but only if it was under GPL'. Thus I get the impression that people like you think that only the license needs to be changed to make a YaST1 appear that's adapted to 8.0.
Well, I might be inclined to do *something* if it were GPL'ed. Perhaps I'd work on a new set of SuSEconfig scripts to make YaST work directly with config files like I'd like it to, or help with a "YaST.org" web site/public relations or something like that. As it stands, I see no reason to contribute any work concerning a new SuSEconfig interface to YaST or anything else, since my work would go no where. -Tim - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler tbutler@uninetsolutions.com Universal Networks http://www.uninet.info Christian Portal and Search Tool: http://www.faithtree.com Open Source Migration Guide: http://www.ofb.biz ============= "Christian Web Services Since 1996" ============== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE83Sb6K37Cns9gJ0gRAmZaAJ4thXsj+DA863wrlW4XqP4YDefhjwCfXVvE lNG0WI8YQsmB/N743A2CNXw= =/DIe -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----