I've made hunderds of Ubuntu/Lubuntu/UbuntuGnome installations professionally, but I've never sold the software itself.
The problem I see in the ad is the phrase, because it seems Ubuntu can be sold itself. El 22/06/15 a les 08:31, Andrés Muñiz Piniella ha escrit: > > > El 22 de junio de 2015 07:18:30 GMT+01:00, Ali/amjjawad <[email protected]> > escribió: >> Hi, >> >> On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Andres <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> El Mon, 22-06-2015 a las 10:35 +0530, Satyajit Sahoo escribió: >>>> But isn't it completely legal? >>> >>> Not only legal as far as I know ethical according to the fsf as Free >>> software is Free as in freedom and not price (not free beer). >>> >>> >> http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/licensing >> >> >>> This person could actually be doing a public service? What if your >>> download speeds are too low or too expensive? >>> >>> >> For nearly a year, I've been converting people to GNU/Linux left and >> right >> and I did that 'not' for free, but for money. However, before I do >> anything, I have informed the user/client that I'm charging for the >> service, NOT the software itself. Usually, my services were involving >> much >> more of just installation. I had to do other things beside >> installation. >> >> All that led me to think about it deeply .. why not expand that and >> make my >> living instead of spending my entire life updating my CV and beg for a >> job? >> >> So, Kibo was born: >> http://kibo.computer/ >> >> And, I just got my first client the other day. I managed to convert the >> lady from Windows 7 that couldn't even boot in to Xubuntu 14.04 LTS and >> all >> that happened ONLINE .. I did not touch anything .. I was giving >> instructions and she (the user) was doing it herself. >> >> My charges where for my time + efforts, NOT the software itself. >> >> >> >>> It is more likely that someone is trying to make a quick buck. >> Hopefully >>> not someone distributing a dodgy copy with malware. Then again, when >> was >>> the last time normal people do the checksums? >>> >>> Some years ago someone was selling CDs of ubuntu in amazon or ebay. >>> Since canonical stopped providing CDs they were actually providing a >>> service. >>> >> >> The reason I asked someone (thanks To Keith) to contact that person, is >> to >> find out what is going on? if you go back to my original email, I >> didn't >> say anything :) I am not even upset, but so curious to understand what >> is >> going on :) so, let's hold our horses and wait for Keith ;) >> >> >>> >>> And wow. Softpedia looks like a horrible website. >>> >>> >>> >> That's your own personal opinion. I'd ask you nicely and politely not >> to >> get into this kind of topics here :) >> >> >>> >>> -- >>> http://richmondmakerlabs.uk >>> http://www.coderdojoham.org/ >>> http://www.hamunitedgroup.org.uk/ >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome >>> >> >> Thank you for your reply :) >> >> All what we need to do now is wait for Keith's feedback :) > > > All valid points. I am sorry if the tone sounded horrible. > -- Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome
