I'm confused. Can someone clarify the situation here. Some people seemed to object strongly to the suse8.1 CD set from a cover disk being offered on the grounds that is is against their licence. That's fair enough. On the other hand it clearly a promo offer so presumably suse are not too concerned if it may gain users - also fair enough.
My question is - is it acceptable to the members of the list for me to (re)offer these CDs?
Syd
Syd Hancock syd@toufol.com wrote:
I'm confused. Can someone clarify the situation here. Some people=20 seemed to object strongly to the suse8.1 CD set from a cover disk=20 being offered on the grounds that is is against their licence.=20
No. The objection was to copies being offered, as that was thought to be against their licence. The original CDs from the cover disc should be fine to pass around.
That's fair enough. On the other hand it clearly a promo offer so=20 presumably suse are not too concerned if it may gain users - also=20 fair enough.
SuSE still sell 8.1 on their web site: are you sure that they don't mind burnt copies being passed around LUGs?
My question is - is it acceptable to the members of the list for me=20 to (re)offer these CDs?
Find out whether we're in danger of being attacked by SuSE for contributing to copyright licence breaches and that tells you whether it's acceptable. I've seen the terrible trouble that some groups have got into for copyright infringements connected with their activities.
MJR
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