* Jerry A! (jerry@thehutt.org) [030522 21:14]: ->On Fri, May 23, 2003 at 12:20:12PM +1000, 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. -> ->I believe this means that unless SuSE authorizes you as an official ->duplicator, then you can't legally burn copies of the CDs. -> ->This has been covered a multitude of times. Please check this list's ->archives for more details. Unless it's changed and I didn't notice it. You can copy SuSE as many times as you like and give it to all your friends. As long as the copies are free. You can't charge them for the copies..well I suppose you could charge them $2.50 for the cost of the CD's or have them buy blank CD's for you. But they won't get any support what so ever from SuSE for these copies. Only a valid serial numbered copy will get support...and they do keep records of these things. So yes, you can copy it..you can't sell it for profit. -- Ben Rosenberg ---===---===---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other going in the opposite direction.