-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 22 May 2003 21:20, Michael.James@csiro.au wrote:
Any Suse Legal Eagles,
I understand that buying a copy of Suse allows me to install on as many machines as I like.
Does it also mean I can *GIVE* burnt copies to friends?
My reading of this paragraph from COPYRIGHT.yast on the Suse 8.2 DVD is anything that doesn't involve payment is OK.
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 Linux AG or SuSE Linux.
There are other clauses to consider if I start hacking YaST but at this stage I'm talking about straight CD duplication.
-- Michael James michael.james@csiro.au System Administrator voice: 02 6246 5040 CSIRO Bioinformatics Facility fax: 02 6246 5166
PS: Further to this, if the Perth people are still looking for Suse 8.2 I'd recomend either Everythinglinux.com.au or LSL.com.au. I bought through Everythinglinux and while they had problems getting it in initially they now have it in stock, and are comitted to carrying a good range of Suse products.
If it would make the difference between trying Suse or not I'd burn you the 5 CDs... That's assuming I am right about being allowed to.
Correct. Obviously, SuSE would prefer that if the end-user decides to keep using the distribution; that they buy a registered copy. But: It does, however, read just as you stated; with respect to distribution of the product as a unaltered whole. - -- Thomas Jones Linux-Howtos Network Administrator OpenGPG Key: 0x6A3DF6E9 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+zZUEQT2komo99ukRAlE8AJ0V/yzIee0Nq8b2GoA0bSxzoJ8iJgCfcwj8 /mfdhQub0szwbDOhAu6Qf8s= =hQOk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----