SuSE rsync?

pll at lanminds.com pll at lanminds.com
Tue Jun 10 10:00:58 EDT 2003


In a message dated: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:43:33 EDT
bscott at ntisys.com said:

>On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, at 3:37pm, pll at lanminds.com wrote:
>> Anyone here mirror SuSE from a sight which supports rsync mirroring?
>
>  "sight"?  ;-)

Doh!  You caught me.  Maybe it was because there was no rsync site in sight ?
;)

>  Seriously, I believe SuSE imposes limits on what you can do with their
>distribution, since it contains their intellectual property (YaST and other
>components).  I believe that includes limits on redistribution.  That might
>explain the dearth of mirrors.

I actually did find a couple, they have a list on their website.
I may be wrong, but I think their tools are freely redistributable 
(in binary), just not GPL'ed, which may account for the lack of 
source for things like YaST.


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