On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:42 PM, Andreas Jaeger <a...@novell.com> wrote:
> On Thursday, April 07, 2011 07:46:29 PM Bryen M Yunashko wrote: > > On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 19:32 +0200, Patrick Fey wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Bryen, > > > > > > Am 07.04.2011 19:22, schrieb Bryen M Yunashko: > > > > As I recall, the Ship-it Program sent individual CDs to requesters. > > > > That's not the same issue as what Diego is raising, where shipments > > > > in bulk get flagged by customs because they're seen as shipping > > > > commercial goods for resale. > > > > > > Canonical also sent out large batches of CDs on request. While I was > > > at Hamburg university, Canonical would send us large shipments of > > > 64bit CDs of their new release every October to hand out at our > > > o-week. I have no idea how Canonical got these through customs, > > > though. > > > > > > Cheers! > > > > > > :-) Patrick > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > > > Okay so I stand corrected on the assumption of how the Ship-it Program > > worked. :-) But as openSUSE is donating the DVDs and has experience > > in shipping worldwide, I think it would be useful to first ask the donor > > how they did/do it and to work out some logistics like Jos suggested in > > this thread by splitting up locations where to ship to and reduce > > customs overhead there. > > I got the following from our US shipment team: > > The main statement is (No Commercial Value, Not For Resale). We put the > value of all CD's / DVD's at $0.50 each. We also put in a Harmonized Code > for all items. Also all items must have a Licensing Code. > For the openSUSE 11.4 dvd's we use TSU-5D002. > > Is there an update for the availability of the CD/DVDs? Shall we get a page on live.gnome.org to signup for them? Simos
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