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Dear Void Main....RE:8.0
voidmain:
I knew that, but I want ISO files. I want to download ISOs, burn CDs, install on machines that aren't connected to the net. Yes I know I can create my own ISOs but I don't have the time.
What's so hard for the vendor to not provide ISO files in addition to their traditional methods? You can bet it's not for the reason of always having the latest stuff. It's to make it painful, and easier to just go out and buy the CD. Nothing wrong with that, just won't ever get my business no matter how twisted my view may be on it.
If the version I just downloaded from linuxcds is legit then it would appear that SuSe has changed their policy and they now might get my business. I purchase things when I am satisfied, but not before.
flap:
Surely the point of what they're doing is to make it less convenient to download so people will be forced to buy it?
If it's all free software then there's no reason why it would be illegal for someone else to offer isos... or is any of the distro under some non-free licence?
voidmain:
yast is not GPL and has limitations but it is still open source. You would have to read the license to see the commercial restrictions.. The restrictions if I recall prevent someone from making a new distro out of their distro (like how Mandrake was created from RedHat). Could be wrong, enlighten us if you read it differently.
flap:
I just read the yast licence at http://www.suse.de/us/private/support/licenses/yast.html
Distributing yast free of charge appears to be legal, but consent from suse is required if you want to charge for it. Personally I'd steer clear of this distro.
Ice-9:
These are fairly good points void main, I guess I'm too much inclined to not see the dark side of people until I get a smack on the head
Oh well, I like the OS and while I understand your point of view I still see nothing wrong in the commercial attitude SuSE is adopting here.
Sure from an ethical point of view Redhat, Debian and c
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