Re: OpenSuse Leeching Off the OpenSores Programmers.

From: Bob Jones (email_at_me.not)
Date: 08/16/05

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    >>>
    >>>> So SUSE is now giving the <free> version of Linux away and releasing it
    >>>> into the community as a public service?
    >>>>
    >>>> DON"T BEND OVER!!!!!!!!!!!
    >>>
    >>> Suse has always been free. Don't be a troll.
    >>
    >> That would depend on which editions you are talking about. Actually most
    >> of
    >> them are not free.
    >
    > The free one is free and has always been free.
    >
    > Why anyone would think the commercial versions of Suse should be free is
    > beyond me.
    >
    > Do you give your commercial software away for free? Why should Suse?
    >

    I am not saying anything should or should not be free. I am only pointing
    out the fact that most SuSE editions are not free.

    I doubt Novell makes a distinction between commercial and non-commercial
    SuSE. They are just different editions. The Pro edition can be free, can be
    not free.


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