Re: selling freebsd cd for profit

2010-03-02 Thread Robert Bonomi
From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Sun Feb 28 06:00:33 2010 Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:59:56 + From: Matthew Seaman m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk To: Erik Trulsson ertr1...@student.uu.se Cc: freebsd-questions freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: selling freebsd cd

Re: selling freebsd cd for profit

2010-02-28 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 28/02/2010 01:56:27, Chad Perrin wrote: Actually, once your project becomes a commercial enterprise, the GPL stops allowing reference to upstream sources to suit the requirements of code redistribution. If you sell GPLed software, you have to

Re: selling freebsd cd for profit

2010-02-28 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 11:10:33AM +, Matthew Seaman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 28/02/2010 01:56:27, Chad Perrin wrote: Actually, once your project becomes a commercial enterprise, the GPL stops allowing reference to upstream sources to suit the

Re: selling freebsd cd for profit

2010-02-28 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 28/02/2010 11:43:42, Erik Trulsson wrote: The difference is that when you just give a link to a well-known site you have no guarantees that they will keep the source for that particular version of the software in question for as long as needed.

Re: selling freebsd cd for profit

2010-02-28 Thread Jerry
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:10:33 + Matthew Seaman m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk articulated: Note that I'm not a lawyer, and this does not constitute legal advice. My only direct legal advice is to seek legal advice from a professional.

Re: selling freebsd cd for profit

2010-02-28 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 11:10:33AM +, Matthew Seaman wrote: On 28/02/2010 01:56:27, Chad Perrin wrote: Actually, once your project becomes a commercial enterprise, the GPL stops allowing reference to upstream sources to suit the requirements of code redistribution. If you sell GPLed

Re: selling freebsd cd for profit

2010-02-28 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 11:59:56AM +, Matthew Seaman wrote: On 28/02/2010 11:43:42, Erik Trulsson wrote: The difference is that when you just give a link to a well-known site you have no guarantees that they will keep the source for that particular version of the software in question

Re: selling freebsd cd for profit

2010-02-27 Thread Jon Radel
On 2/27/10 2:58 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 27/02/2010 24:50:54, Citra Cool wrote: can i selling free bsd for my profit?? is it legal?? In a word, yes -- sure you can. All you have to do is abide by the terms of the licensing. You sure that

Re: selling freebsd cd for profit

2010-02-27 Thread Programmer In Training
On 02/27/10 12:22, Jon Radel wrote: On 2/27/10 2:58 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 27/02/2010 24:50:54, Citra Cool wrote: can i selling free bsd for my profit?? is it legal?? In a word, yes -- sure you can. All you have to do is abide by the

Re: selling freebsd cd for profit

2010-02-27 Thread Jon Radel
On 2/27/10 1:31 PM, Programmer In Training wrote: On 02/27/10 12:22, Jon Radel wrote: On 2/27/10 2:58 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 27/02/2010 24:50:54, Citra Cool wrote: can i selling free bsd for my profit?? is it legal?? In a word, yes --

Re: selling freebsd cd for profit

2010-02-27 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 27/02/2010 18:47:05, Jon Radel wrote: On 2/27/10 1:31 PM, Programmer In Training wrote: On 02/27/10 12:22, Jon Radel wrote: On 2/27/10 2:58 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 27/02/2010 24:50:54,

Re: selling freebsd cd for profit

2010-02-27 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 07:58:51AM +, Matthew Seaman wrote: Some parts of the material in FreeBSD is under GPL, which means that you have to ensure source code is available for those bits: if you're redistributing the standard .iso images from the FreeBSD web sites, you can just point to

Re: selling freebsd cd for profit

2010-02-26 Thread Robert Bonomi
From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Fri Feb 26 19:15:05 2010 Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:50:54 +0700 From: Citra Cool cc.bel...@gmail.com To: freebsd-questions freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: selling freebsd cd for profit can i selling free bsd for my profit?? is it legal??

Re: selling freebsd cd for profit

2010-02-26 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 27/02/2010 24:50:54, Citra Cool wrote: can i selling free bsd for my profit?? is it legal?? In a word, yes -- sure you can. All you have to do is abide by the terms of the licensing. Primarily, that's the FreeBSD license which says that you

RE: Selling FreeBSD

2003-06-10 Thread Philip Payne
Paul Robinson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030606 19:09]: If they aren't enthusiastic, it's because it's not solving any problems for them. The fact it works great as a high-traffic MX or HTTP server isn't something most businesses need. As for desktop use, well, it does suck

Re: Selling FreeBSD

2003-06-07 Thread gagan_grewal
Hi Folks ! Paul Robinson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030606 19:09]: If they aren't enthusiastic, it's because it's not solving any problems for them. The fact it works great as a high-traffic MX or HTTP server isn't something most businesses need. As for desktop use, well, it does suck compared

Re: Selling FreeBSD

2003-06-06 Thread David Gerard
Paul Robinson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030606 19:09]: If they aren't enthusiastic, it's because it's not solving any problems for them. The fact it works great as a high-traffic MX or HTTP server isn't something most businesses need. As for desktop use, well, it does suck compared to something

RE: Selling FreeBSD

2003-06-06 Thread Jeff MacDonald
Evolution is a pretty good drop in replacement for outlook. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Gerard Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 6:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Selling FreeBSD Paul Robinson ([EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Selling FreeBSD

2003-06-06 Thread 'David Gerard'
Jeff MacDonald ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030607 08:35]: I would question that. I just set my highly non-technical wife up with FreeBSD 4.8, KDE 3.1, Mozilla Firebird 0.6 (Linux binary) and OpenOffice.org 1.0.3 (Linux binary, as mentioned on this list ;-). It does require an administrator