🚀 go-pugleaf

On Thu, 23 Sep 1999 10:26:18 -0400, Me <jlrice@columbus.crosswinds.net> wrote:
>"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.

Well, SuSE is another story.  I dont know if they have done the same
thing with their YaST or not but they have copyrighted the word
SuSE and the chameleon picture.  I do believe you can install it
a number of systems if you like.  But you cannot sell their GPL
product and name it something like SuSE GPL.  Cannot use the
word "SuSE" unless you have a written permission from them

Glenn