On 21 Apr 2005, at 08:50, Rick Moen wrote:
>> 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.
That'd be a HECK of an interesting RPM command.
> 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.
That policy absolutely works for ostriches, no?
And Rick - it's WAY past your bedtime.
Niall
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