[Novalug] SuSE and the GPL Spirit

James Ewing Cottrell 3rd JECottrell3@Comcast.NET
Tue Jan 2 15:15:08 EST 2007


Yeah. I have done a few of those. Also LFS.

JIM

Ken Kauffman wrote:

>If you're looking for *Real Fun(tm)* then give a Stage 3 Gentoo install
>a shot.  I'd be willing to help out if you need it. :)
>
>Ken
>
>James Ewing Cottrell 3rd wrote:
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>>I Feel Your Pain.
>>
>>I myself am rather skeptical about The Agreement. However, until I
>>read the full text and a few commentaries, I haven't really made a
>>final decision, altho I have made a few smartass remarks.
>>
>>But in any case, Novell is not SCO. At worst, they may have erred in
>>judgement. At best, they may have advanced the state of Linux. SCO, on
>>the other hand, are definitely Not On Our Side.
>>
>>One of the reasons that we are still playing with SUSE is because it
>>is FUN! And, if the worst comes to pass, this may be our last chance to.
>>
>>Actually, I am not sure if this is true. While SLES and SLED are The
>>Property of Novell, as I understand it, OpenSUSE is not, and the worst
>>that I see happening is Novell forcing a name change and copyright on
>>artwork similar to to what Red Hat did.
>>
>>JIM
>>
>>Ken Kauffman wrote:
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>>>I'm really surprised with the level of "SuSE" posts here, particularly
>>>given the general NOVALUG meeting participation (read:community
>>>participation).  Are many of you considering abandoning SuSE?  I know
>>>I have completely avoided them (Novell) after the Microsoft agreement;
>>>not because they are affiliated with MS, but rather have violated the
>>>spirit of the GPL though they did not violate the letter of it.
>>>
>>>This may have been covered before on the mailing list, but I recently
>>>re-subscribed.
>>>
>>>Ken
>>>
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