HI Noam, others...
I'll be poilte...
The only reason that SuSE are doing this is because they do want to survive
and make money, I belive.
> It's wrong because that's not the idea of linux, it ment to be a free
> software.
No, the source should be free in the GNU/Linux world. True - that NOT,
however, conflict with the interest of companies to make money. When you buy
SuSE/Redhat/Mandrake - then you get a CD with full source code inside
packaged nicely in SRPM's (or debs, or tar balls, depend on the distribution).
So, I stand correct on my position - go buy a copy, support that company so
they can make newer versions of that distribution, and that they can sponsor
projects like USB, FireWire, HOT Swap, kernel development, XFree, ALSA. These
project costs money to make, and by you not buying anything, whining that you
want it free and now - you're not helping them to grow, nor the Linux
movement.
> I usually get confused here, but whatever license it is on (the kernel),
> GPL or GNU (I think GPL) says that u have to put it free of charge for
> d/l or something like that. Hope i didn't talk bullshit now, but
> still...
ABSOLUTLY NOT!
Go ahead, read the license again (something not very healthy to do with all
the confusions that it got inside).
The license SPECIFICALLY says that yes, you can make money from a product and
sell it for as much as you want, but you need to let the customer have an
access to the source code and the modifications. They can charge you for that
devlivery way (post, shipment, effort) and the GPL license allows that.
So whether you talked bullshit or not - I'll leave it up to you to decide, my
friend. But I really hope that you'll change your mind and support your
distributions. Paying 200-300 NIS for a full box with all the documentation,
CD's (7 or 8 and 1 DVD-ROM in the case of SuSE, and a small toy to put on
your monitor) is NOT much when considering the huge amount of software that
you're getting. Go ahead and compare the price to any Windows and what do you
get when you buy it.
Thanks,
Hetz
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