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"Glenn T. Jayaputera" wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 23 Sep 1999 20:23:42 +1000, Ranga <ranga@powerup.com.au> wrote:
> >Is there anywhere where I can download Open Linux 2.3 to burn on CD, or is
> >this asking too much?  I have 2.2, but it does not want to install with my
> >SiS 6326 AGP video card (it hangs with a grey screen at the start of the
> >LIZARD)  I'm only a newbie and believe this will be much easier than
> >downloading and installing patches etc.  (already tried to install Xfree86
> >3.3.5 with no success!).  I would fork out the bucks for it, but here in
> >Brisbane, Australia I can't find it anywhere (anyone know who stocks it -
> >plenty have 2.2 :( ).
> 
> I believe there are some who have download version of 2.3
> The problem is the license imposed by Caldera says that you
> cannot redistribute/reproduce/resell 4 components of the
> distributions (one of them is Lizard) without written
> permission from them.
> 
> Now, without Lizard, how the heck one would be able to
> install Open Linux?  Also according to the license then,
> you can download it but you cannot even lend it to your
> friend because it is classified as "redistributing".
> 
> In the official box, the license section of the manual
> it also says that you can only install Open Linux on a
> single computer.  Means, you have 10 computers then
> you have to buy 10 copies.
> 
> This is the only Linux distribution that I know that
> has this kinda style of licensing.  I also heard that
> Caldera throw a lawsuit against a company in The States
> because they selling the GPL version.

It is like this for SUSE to(with their yast tool).  Really out of the
big boys only redhat and debian(and clones of those there of) are GNU
distributable.  All the tools these two release are GNU.  Apparently
mandrake is following in the footsteps of its predessor.

Joe