OpenSUSE's EULAs vs. Free Software Ideals

Courtesy Slashdot: Linux  Thu, 06/19/2008 - 14:12

Anonymous Coward Maximus writes with some interesting (and disheartening) bits found in recent EULAs from SUSE: "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...


 

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