On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 15:00, Tom Brinkman wrote:
> On Friday December 6 2002 07:17 am, Steve Jeppesen wrote:
> > If this person is burning copies off a set of disks and then selling
> > them, isn't that illegal though? I mean I will (and have) burned a
> > set of disks from my copy, then GAVE it to a friend is ok, but
> > selling the high number of sets of disks this person is doing is
> > wrong, **unless** endorsed by Mandrake somehow.
> >
> > Just my 2 cents worth, thus the reason for the first post - I have no
> > idea if this person is legit or not.
>
> It is legit, tho slightly expensive. This person is doin nothin
> different (or illegal) than the many websites like cheapbytes do. The
> software is still free. The packaging and S&H is what's being charged
> for.
>
> http://www.opensoars.com/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=73 is sellin
> Mdk 9.0, 3 CD sets for $2.99 .... plus they make a (very) small cash
> contribution back to Mandrake and other OSS projects. For those that
> really want to support MandrakeSoft, buying cheap CD's like this, _and
> then_ joining the Club, goes a lot further, does much more good, than
> buying boxed sets.
Hehe don't say that too loud.. I'm sure Mandrake won't necessarily agree
with you...
"Hey.. don't buy our box sets.. buy the distro form someone else who
donates to us instead.
Oh.. p.s. Join the club!!"
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