On Tue, 2010-08-24 at 18:42 +0200, Lars Müller wrote:
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Cristian Rodríguez
wrote: Didn't that have a lot to do with the fact that YaST was copyrighted and not open? What ? all software is copyrighted unless released in the "public domain"(in some jurisdictions) and if it was closed, there was no way to "pick the source and start a fork"... Parts of S.u.S.E. weren't open source and you couldn't distribute it is what I meant. Funny to read this FUD even 15 years later. The YaST license was always Open Source even before it changed to GPL v2 or later. Redistribution of all SUSE versions was possible. But it was impossible to earn money from it to anyone else than the owner of the copyright. I still consider this smart if not brilliant. Not only cause this approach somehow ensured to get me paid. It's so funny to see all these people today using a closed shops to
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:18:33PM -0400, Larry Stotler wrote: perform the daily search on the web or even as mail provider but still complaining about the roots of YaST and its initial license.
Not just about YAST; the hatred of the M$ in the same breath as the
love of the [possibly more proprietary] G$ is mind boggling.
But it makes about as much sense as most of this thread.
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Adam Tauno Williams