[ILUG] SuSE redistribution

[Conor Lennon]

On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 14:56:18 +0100, Niall O Broin <niall at linux.ie> wrote:

> This has been debated here on and off over the years, with varying  
> interpretations of varying SuSE statements. I just now started  
> installing SuSE 9.3 on a box and the license clearly states that you may  
> make and distribute, within and without your organisation, unlimited  
> copies, as long as there is no consideration involved, and as long as  
> it's not in conjunction with the supply of any hardware or other  
> software.
>

The SuSE configuration tool, Yast, used to be released under a non-GPL  
license.
I believe that this was one of the reasons why the distribution wasn't  
supposed to be copied.
However, I think that after Novell bought SuSE they released Yast under  
GPL.

As far as I know there are still some applications that are in the boxed  
version that aren't in the version on their ftp site.
I think some of these are demos of commercial applications.

Conor