On Wednesday 26 November 2003 11:21, MJ Ray wrote:
I'm confused by this. Have ALUGgers been granted "prior written consent" to copy it "for a fair fee," as in "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"? Given that ALUG membership is open to all, that's a truck-sized loophole. Why don't they just change the licence? Or is this permission the sort that comes in an email with a fotter saying "nothing in this email is binding in court"?
A fair point, here was the response I had from SuSE, I feel covered enough by this sitting in my inbox. Of course the agreement he points to relates to 8.2 I shall go and check if the same is true for 9.0.
Wayne
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Subject: Re: ALUG SuSE re-distrubution Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 08:59:27 +0100 (BST) From: Roger Whittaker roger@suse.co.uk To: Wayne Stallwood wayne.stallwood@btinternet.com
On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
A question has come up within our lug regarding the licensing restrictions for re-distribution of the SuSE installation media.
Several members of our lug have requested the desire to share the SuSE desktop experience with other members of the User group by providing free copies of the SuSE installation media.
However we are currently reluctant to do this as we are unsure as to the copying restrictions regarding this media.
What steps do we have to take to become eligible for the Free Subscriptions for SuSE linux and what would these subscriptions entitle our group to.
Your help would be most appreciated.
If we're talking about SuSE Personal or Professional, you are free to copy and share the CDs, provided that you don't charge for them - this is covered by the yast licence: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/8.2/COPYRIGHT.yast
This does not apply to the SuSE Linux Office Desktop because it includes licenced proprietary software - specifically Crossover Office and Acronis, which are licenced by their owners on a single user basis.
Our "subscription service" for LUGs has rather faded away as the number of LUGs has risen. We used to send all LUGs on our list a full boxed copy, but we can't afford this any more. What can do though is to send just the disk set to as many LUGs as possible - if you send me a postal address I'll send an 8.2 disk set today
Best wishes
Roger Whittaker
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