i give up...

[Mario Vukelic]

On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 18:51 -0500, Lorin Pino wrote:
> o, then the reason that Suse provides broken multi-media programs,
> and 
> a warning that they cannot legally provide working ones, is just
> because 
> they are unwilling to jump through whatever hoops are need to get the 
> licensing? 

There's more to it: e.g, DVD licensing might make the distro
non-redistributable, or do other undesired things. Dunno how it is
today, but Suse 9.2 had this language in the license:

"You may make and distribute unlimited copies of
the Software outside Your organization provided that: 1) You receive
no consideration; and, 2) you do not bundle or combine the Software
with another offering (e.g., software, hardware, or service).........""

This would probably not be possible if a DVD license was included. Also,
how do you agree with the DVD license people on a per-user license fee,
if you don't know the number of your users?