From: Dr J Pelan (J.Pelan_at_gatsby.ucl.ac.uk)
Date: Tue Oct 10 2006 - 19:38:05 CEST
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 18:38:05 +0100 (BST) From: Dr J Pelan <J.Pelan@gatsby.ucl.ac.uk> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0610101739390.25993@godel.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk> Subject: Re: [suse-sles-e] Lizenzfrage zu SLES 10 und XEN
On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 fpoeta@pandminc.com wrote:
> First there is no license for SLES or SLED there is only upgrade
> protection/maintanence or subscription.
Had you read the contents of the policy document that was linked to, you
would have noted that Novell refers to the maintenance policy as "Upgrade
Protection Licensing" and so the use of the term 'license' is entirely
appropriate and consistent with the OP's intended meaning.
You should also carefully distinguish between 'there is no license' and
'there is no *charge* for a license'. While Novell may not charge for a
license to use - both SLES and SLED do have End-User License Agreements.
In addition, as the EULAs stress, the vast majority of the software
packages (including kernels, tools and applications) shipped with these
distributions are covered by their own licenses - typically, but not
exclusively, of the open source variety.
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