This month's PC Plus has Suse 8.1 on the DVD - three CDs. AFAIK this is the fully-installable version, not the run-from-cd trial. If anyone wants a copy, contact me off list. No copying fee :-) Syd
Syd Hancock <syd@toufol.com> wrote:
If anyone wants a copy, contact me off list. No copying fee :-)
Is that legal? I thought SuSE 8.1 still contained non-free software under licences that forbids that sort of copying (eg YaST), although you may pass the disc around. Does the magazine copy have a better licence? MJR
On Saturday 26 Apr 2003 3:21 pm, MJ Ray wrote:
Syd Hancock <syd@toufol.com> wrote:
If anyone wants a copy, contact me off list. No copying fee :-)
Is that legal? I thought SuSE 8.1 still contained non-free software under licences that forbids that sort of copying (eg YaST), although you may pass the disc around. Does the magazine copy have a better licence?
Full 3 disk commercial copy so MJR's comments apply. Cheers, BJ
Is that legal? I thought SuSE 8.1 still contained non-free software under licences that forbids that sort of copying (eg YaST), although you may pass the disc around. Does the magazine copy have a better licence?
Full 3 disk commercial copy so MJR's comments apply.
Sorry, you'll have to excuse my gnorance of licencing issues. I will withdraw the offer in that case. Syd
My boss got this months PC Plus and I was a bit miffed that SuSe was on there. Are they changing their ways or do u think this is a once off to get more custom? I find it confusing that it is acceptable to pass the cd's around for open use, but not to copy them, seems rather silly on the face of it. Jamie -----Original Message----- From: main-admin@lists.alug.org.uk [mailto:main-admin@lists.alug.org.uk]On Behalf Of Syd Hancock Sent: 26 April 2003 18:29 To: main@lists.alug.org.uk Subject: Re: [Alug]Suse 8.1
Is that legal? I thought SuSE 8.1 still contained non-free software under licences that forbids that sort of copying (eg YaST), although you may pass the disc around. Does the magazine copy have a better licence?
Full 3 disk commercial copy so MJR's comments apply.
Sorry, you'll have to excuse my gnorance of licencing issues. I will withdraw the offer in that case. Syd _______________________________________________ main@lists.alug.org.uk http://www.alug.org.uk/ http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main Unsubscribe? See message headers or the web site above!
Jamie French wrote on 26 April 2003 19:08:
My boss got this months PC Plus and I was a bit miffed that SuSe was on there. Are they changing their ways or do u think this is a once off to get more custom? I find it confusing that it is acceptable to pass the cd's around for open use, but not to copy them, seems rather silly on the face of it.
Apparently SuSE were only going to offer version 8.0, but PC Plus waited for 8.2 to come along before they would allow 8.1 to be given away. I wasn't aware that SuSE allowed people to pass CDs of the current version around (but not copy them) - is this in their license agreement? Regards, Martyn
Martyn Drake <martyn@drake.org.uk> wrote:
wasn't aware that SuSE allowed people to pass CDs of the current version around (but not copy them) - is this in their license agreement?=20
Erm, I wrote from memory. Now that I've actually gone and looked at the SuSE web site, I'm not sure. I can't find anything forbidding multiple use, only copying. Then again, I can't find anything explicitly authorising it either. I guess those who care about SuSE should look for themselves and let us know if they can find it. MJR
On Saturday 26 Apr 2003 7:07 pm, Jamie French wrote:
My boss got this months PC Plus and I was a bit miffed that SuSe was on there. Are they changing their ways or do u think this is a once off to get more custom?
Certainly looks like it as in the mag they suggest upgrading to 8.2 Glad to know that the non-booting CD was not due to me doing something dozy for once :-) Syd
Sounds like a promo then. I am currently on SuSe 7.3 Pro due to lack of money to get up to 8.2 Pro :( Well I will be at the meeting, see you all later. Jamie (I'll be the one with labret piercing) -----Original Message----- From: main-admin@lists.alug.org.uk [mailto:main-admin@lists.alug.org.uk]On Behalf Of Syd Hancock Sent: 27 April 2003 12:23 To: main@lists.alug.org.uk Subject: Re: [Alug]Suse 8.1 On Saturday 26 Apr 2003 7:07 pm, Jamie French wrote:
My boss got this months PC Plus and I was a bit miffed that SuSe was on there. Are they changing their ways or do u think this is a once off to get more custom?
Certainly looks like it as in the mag they suggest upgrading to 8.2 Glad to know that the non-booting CD was not due to me doing something dozy for once :-) Syd _______________________________________________ main@lists.alug.org.uk http://www.alug.org.uk/ http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main Unsubscribe? See message headers or the web site above!
On Saturday 26 April 2003 18:07, Jamie French wrote:
My boss got this months PC Plus and I was a bit miffed that SuSe was on there. Are they changing their ways or do u think this is a once off to get more custom? I find it confusing that it is acceptable to pass the cd's around for open use, but not to copy them, seems rather silly on the face of it.
Jamie
No it's been done before, in fact I think a SuSE dist on the front of a Computer magazine gave me my first exposure to Linux about 4-5 years ago. Can't remember what version it was but I remember installing it on a (what was then quite respectable) 400 MHz HP desktop.
Syd Hancock wrote on 26 April 2003 10:01:
This month's PC Plus has Suse 8.1 on the DVD - three CDs. AFAIK this is the fully-installable version, not the run-from-cd trial.
The only thing wrong with it is that disc 1 isn't bootable despite the documentation in PC Plus saying that it is. You'd need to make boot disks before installing from the CD-ROM whether you like it or not. :) Regards, Martyn
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