OpenSUSE 11.0b3 E.U.L.A. Yes. They did it again...

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openSuse 11.0 will be shipped with E.U.L.A. Take a look...
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.
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The full E.U.L.A.
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Answer 1

Well I'm not surprised that some people jump on anything Suse does, it annoys me no one wants to mention the good they do, do.
They sponsor a lot of development for a lot of things, shame rather than sniping at other distros we can't just work together and agree to disagree. Whilst we may disagree with bits I bet we use a fair few bits that are/have been sponsored by Novell/Suse. SCO....
I also think there development model is quite unique/minority to which this thesis does a good job of showing. http://janfredrik.wordpress.com/master-thesis/
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Siobhan O'Mahony's research finds that these firms have to handle a tension between openness and control in their product development, but little research has been done to detail how this balance is achieved.
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Last edited by FeatherMonkey (2008-06-05 12:25:59)