[ILUG] Redistributing SUSE.

Joseph Kiniry kiniry at acm.org
Mon Mar 21 02:29:00 GMT 2005


Hi Rick,

On 21 Mar, 2005, at 2:12, Rick Moen wrote:

> Quoting David Golden (david.golden at unison.ie):
>> On Sunday 20 March 2005 17:08, Joseph Kiniry wrote:
>>
>>> SuSE is Linux is GPL is Free == give it away as much as you like.
>>
>> Wrongo,  the copyright of an aggregate work can be and often is
>> different to the copyright of its component parts.   Situation
>> analogous to anthologies of short stories.
>
> Right.
>
> http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/conspire/2004-September/000513.html
> http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/conspire/2004-September/000514.html
> http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/conspire/2004-September/000517.html

I actually had no idea that SUSE now included non-redistributable 
software.  Of course, the last time I used SUSE was around '97...

I guess I've gotten to used to free-free Linuxen and BSDen...

Good data.  Thanks for the cites.

Now I *must* go to bed,
Joe




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