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[ILUG] SuSE redistribution

[ILUG] SuSE redistribution

Rick Moen rick at linuxmafia.com
Thu Apr 21 08:50:46 IST 2005


Quoting Niall O Broin (niall at linux.ie):

> I do not know if the copyright owners of the multiple thousands of
> files on these media have agreed to this redistribution.

You can check, basically for the cost of one RPM command.  But it seems
you'd rather not.

I'll give you about 10:1 odds that the SUSE Linux 9.3 Professional
Edition CD sets are still not lawfully redistributable, for exactly the
reasons I cited.  And "rights granted to you by SUSE" are entirely
irrelevant to the question, for self-evident reasons alluded to
previously.

> I am perfectly willing in good faith to distribute copies of these media....

For values of "good faith" that approximate ostriches sticking their
heads into the sand.  ;->  Quite.




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