On Friday 19 January 2007 12:31, Harsh Busa wrote:
On 1/18/07, jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
On Friday 19 January 2007 11:16, Dinesh Shah wrote:
Are you sure? Since he is asking for *OpenSUSE* and not SLES, what you are saying may be incorrect. Please refrain from FUD. :-)
I AWAYS read before shooting off my mouth. But for those who havent
From http://www.novell.com/products/opensuse/eula.html
"The Software is a collective work of Novell. You may make and use unlimited copies of the Software for Your distribution and use within Your Organization. You may make and distribute unlimited copies of the Software outside Your organization provided that: 1) You receive no consideration; and, 2) you do not bundle or combine the Software with another offering (e.g., software, hardware, or service). The term "Organization" means a legal entity, excluding subsidiaries and affiliates with a separate existence for tax purposes or for legal personality purposes. An example of an Organization in the private sector would be a corporation, partnership, or trust, excluding any subsidiaries or affiliates of the organization with a separate tax identification number or company registration number. In the public sector, an example of Organization would be a specific government body or local government authority."
whats wrong with the except from eula ? can you explain by example how we can be killed or put behind bars in any court of law
- You receive no consideration; and, 2) you do
not bundle or combine the Software with another offering (e.g., software, hardware, or service).
Which means that u cant sell AND u cant run YOUR software on the users machine. But that is the visible part. What about the invisible?
You may not: (1) reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Software except and only to the extent it is expressly permitted by applicable law or the license terms accompanying a component of the Software; or (2) transfer the Software or Your license rights under this Agreement, in whole or in part. So no reuse and no distribution. And if some component of a package is licencsed differently, U are governed by the different terms of that component. And what are those? search the distro, then find out what are M$ and Novell patented stuff amongst those. Why? They tell u so here
OWNERSHIP RIGHTS
No title to or ownership of the Software is transferred to You. Novell and/or its licensors owns and retains all title and ownership of all intellectual property rights in the Software, including any adaptations or copies. You acquire only a license to use the Software.
The first sentence is about coyright ownership? No it's about software IP. That's what the next sentence says. And the next tells u that you have a licence only to use. And hence not to redistribute any patented stuff. Why this particular section? cause in an earlier sections they say that u can distribute some of the software which permit such distribution.
What does it all mean?. If you are keen on taking a panga get a lawyer serve a notice and findout. If u want to distribute use any distro that allows you to do so. And anyone who says Novell is great has no idea of what he's yaking about. I have better things to do in life than sit and analyze crap company's crap licence.