mjt wrote in
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> On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 03:37:26 GMT, Lemmy wrote:
>
>> I know you can download SuSE desktop OS. But I see no way to
>> download the Server products from SuSE.
>>
>> Am I correct that you actually have to pay $750 to get SuSE server
>> OSes? If so, doesn't that violate the open source license? If not,
>> what is there about SuSE server products that enables them to not
>> provide it for free
>
>
> .... you're misinterpreting 'intellectually free' with the
> other free, as in 'no cost'. open source doesnt imply free
> (no cost), but the source must be made available
> .

OK. If that's the case, then SuSE must make the source code available for
their Server OSes, correct? (I'm assuming there is a difference between
the SuSE Linux Desktop and Server versions other than packaging and
support.)

However, I could find no way to DL the Server OS source code off of
suse.com. RedHat, for example, has no direct link to DL their 2.1 Advanced
Server source code. But you can get to it by going up through the
directory structure on their FTP server.

Is SuSE Server product source code available for download anywhere?

Thanks for your reply.

Lemmy

On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 17:07:22 GMT, Lemmy wrote:

>OK. If that's the case, then SuSE must make the source code available for
>their Server OSes, correct? (I'm assuming there is a difference between
>the SuSE Linux Desktop and Server versions other than packaging and
>support.)

I'd expect it to be on the install CDs. That way, it's available to
anybody that buys a copy, as the GPL requires, but not to J. Random
Luser, something that's not required. If it were available to
anybody, nobody in their right mind would pay for it.

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On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 17:07:22 GMT, Lemmy wrote:

> s SuSE Server product source code available for download anywhere?

.... yes, you download it off the CDs when you purchase
the product
..
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Joe Zeff wrote:

> On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 17:07:22 GMT, Lemmy wrote:
>
>>OK. If that's the case, then SuSE must make the source code available for
>>their Server OSes, correct? (I'm assuming there is a difference between
>>the SuSE Linux Desktop and Server versions other than packaging and
>>support.)
>
> I'd expect it to be on the install CDs. That way, it's available to
> anybody that buys a copy, as the GPL requires, but not to J. Random
> Luser, something that's not required. If it were available to
> anybody, nobody in their right mind would pay for it.
>
Just to clear up a little point here:

You only have to give your source code to those people who you gave the
binaries to for the cost of distribution. Most compaies will give the
source code on the CD's.

You don't have to give either the binaries or the source code away for free.

Ta.