On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 12:46:14PM -0400, Derek Glidden wrote:
>
> Can one of you SuSE fans tell me if I have this right:
>
> SuSE has a "non-free" license in that I can't download ISO images of the
> full version from the 'net. If I want to run the full version of SuSE I
> have to buy it. I am breaking the license if I make a copy of someone
> else's CD set. This is because SuSE has not open-licensed their YAST
> setup tool, so you can't redistribute anything that includes YAST
> without breaking SuSE's licensing.
>
> If the above is accurate, what about upgrades? Is there any way, say, a
> 7.1 user can upgrade his/her box to 7.2 without going out and buying a
> whole new boxed set?
>
> Note that I am in no way criticising - even Linux companies gotta make
> money - but I would like to give SuSE a try and am wondering if there's
> any way to get a real, full-blown installation on my box (not one of
> those "run off the CD Live-eval" things) without going out and spending
> the money and then deciding I still like Debian better. :)
>
This is why I _went_ to Debian in the first place. (Anyone who wants to
continue this on SLUG-Politics, I'll be there.)
Paul
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