Re: [ox-en] Patents and Copyright, but what about other Exclusive Property Rights/Trademarks?
- From: Thomas Uwe Gruettmueller <sloyment gmx.net>
- Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 09:02:47 +0100
Hi Graham,
On Freitag 07 November 2003 11:23, Graham Seaman wrote:
IMO the problems with commercial Linux distributions (eg.
SUSE, RedHat) are not legal but technical
In SuSE Linux, the central installation and configuration tool
YaST is proprietary software. It comes with a license that
allows modification, making it look like free software to the
inexperienced newbee, however only non-commercial redistribution
is allowed, and only via FTP or "mailboxes" (Denglish for
"BBS").
http://www.suse.de/en/private/support/licenses/yast.html
| Making YaST or works derived thereof available free of charge
| together with SUSE Linux on FTP Servers and mailboxes is
| permitted if the licences on the software are observed.
cu,
Thomas }:o{#
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