Anonymous Coward Maximus writes "I was just quenching my never ending thirst for Linux infos and came across an interesting fact about the new OpenSUSE 11. Apparently the Beta came/comes with an interesting EULA discussed in this Planète Béranger article that just makes me think where is this whole Novell/Microsoft ridiculousness going to end? One quote from the EULA to wet your appetite: 'The Software may contain an automatic disabling mechanism that prevents its use after a certain period of time, so You should back up Your system and take other measures to prevent any loss of files or data.' Hmmm... Here is the full Beta 3 EULA for you to dissect. Note that the final release has a different EULA that doesn't look that scary, but still mentions things like 'You acquire only a license to use the Software' and such......"
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May I kindly suggest a fact-based discussion here?
The time restriction mechanism mentioned in the EULA (and not even in the final one by the looks of it) is there to warn users that the commercial distro can be used on a trial-basis, which will "disable" itself after some time. That is no different than the way a billion other shareware software products have been distributed for the last 3 decades. Ok, so Novell were stupid enough to actually put in the EULA so you could all start ranting about it. That
More facts, less FUD, please (Score:2)
The time restriction mechanism mentioned in the EULA (and not even in the final one by the looks of it) is there to warn users that the commercial distro can be used on a trial-basis, which will "disable" itself after some time. That is no different than the way a billion other shareware software products have been distributed for the last 3 decades. Ok, so Novell were stupid enough to actually put in the EULA so you could all start ranting about it. That