[Gllug] email like distro (think =~ s/smoothwall/smoothemail/g)

[Mike Brodbelt]

On Fri, 2003-04-25 at 16:11, John Hearns wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-04-25 at 15:35, Xander D Harkness wrote:
> > John Hearns wrote:

> SuSE have taken free components - the base Linux kernel and GNU
> utilities, IMAP server, Postfix etc. etc. and put them together with
> their own Perl scripts for an administration front end, and a
> groupware/calendaring program. I see nothing wrong with that - they are
> adding to the free software parts, and charging for support.

I was under the impression that their additional software was not under
a free software license. I'm all for the "charge for support" model, but
I thought that with this, SuSe had taken several free products, added
some proprietary eye candy, and then boxed the result for sale. I do
have a rather strong objection to that sort of behaviour, as it allows
companies to produce maximum return for minimal investment. Are SuSe's
changes free software? I'd be interested to know.

Mike.



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