Hi :) I really think Tim should be charging a reasonable set fee for the dvds and an additional amount for postage.
Beyond the obvious expenses there is time, wear&tear on equipment (accountants prefer the term "depreciation") and other hidden costs. Inevitably there are going to be a small percentage of people that would be good to charge a reduced rate or even for free so the normal charge should be enough to absorb those costs. Reasonable profit to allow the project to expand a bit seems like a good plan Even Richard Stallman and the GPL, LGPL and MPL agreements agree with people earning a reasonable amount as long as it's not just the software that is being sold. In this case it's the Dvd and packaging that would be sold. In the dim & distant future it might be possible to run it as a proper business but at the moment it's just a hobby. Still, that;s not a good reason to run at a loss is it? Regards from Tom :) --- On Fri, 7/10/11, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions <[email protected]> wrote: From: webmaster for Kracked Press Productions <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Working on an archive site/pages for LO and the DVD[s] I have been working with To: [email protected] Date: Friday, 7 October, 2011, 16:53 There was going to be links for the CMS version of the DVD. http://dvd.north-america.libreofficebox.org/home/ http://north-america.libreofficebox.org/home/ You will have to find out from Drew [these lists] what the time line for that to happen. I have ISOs on my system, but I have no ability to host them on my web page account. They do not like a file larger than 100 Meg or so. The Windows versions run about 1.9 GB and the Win/Linux/Mac one is about 3.4 GB. I do mail DVDs out once in a while, though, but I do not like "eating" the cost of the mailing box and postage myself. On 10/07/2011 09:13 AM, John McAtee wrote: > The site looks great. I am interested in downloading the DVD ISO but it > seems that the links are not yet ready. Am I correct in thinking that I can > download the individual packages but not the entire DVD ISO yet? If I wrong > then please point me to the link for the DVD ISO. > > Thanks for all the work you are putting into this project. > > John McAtee > > >> ________________________________ >> From: webmaster for Kracked Press Productions<[email protected]> >> To: LibreO - Users Global<[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2011 9:12 PM >> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Working on an archive site/pages for LO and the >> DVD[s] I have been working with >> >> >> I have had the idea for a few months now, so I figured it was time to start >> working on it. >> >> The original NA-DVD site has a set of archive pages for the installs that >> went into the NA-DVD[s]. There are all of the OSs and the language and help >> packs that were linked within the "default" install page[s]. >> >> This version of the site pages will have the contents of the DVDs, but will >> have installs for: >> 3.3.2, 3.3.3, 3.3.4 >> 3.4.1, 3.4.2, 3.4.3 >> plus the new ones when they come out. >> >> See what you think. I need to work on the wording to describe the >> differences between the 3.3.x line and the 3.4.x line. I could use some >> words to describe what line is best to use where. I know that soon the >> 3.4.x line will be "enterprise ready" and the "most stable" and "cutting >> edge" words soon will not be the best. Also, when 3.5.x line comes out, >> "most stable" will be describing 3.4.x versions. So maybe not using that >> phrase would be better for marketing. >> >> http://libreoffice-na.us/multi-version/install.html >> >> Any advice could be helpful. >> >> -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] >> Problems? >> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> deleted >> >> >> >> -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
