Richard Detwiler wrote:
Fred A. Miller wrote:
Terry wrote:
Fred A. Miller wrote:
...
Why do you say that? My understanding is that vendors can charge for
the software.
NOT open source they can't....NOT the software its self. He can charge
for including OO softwear on the sytems, setup, support, etc.
...
Fred, I believe you are wrong on this issue.
You can not charge for the software itself, i.e. sell someone a license
to use the software, because you don't own the software.
You can charge whatever you want for your services: media, installation,
printed docs: whatever time, effort or materials you contribute from
your own resources.
At least that is my understanding. I am not a lawyer; you should ask
your lawyer if you're actually distributing OOo under any conditions.
That said, the business value of doing this is even more questionable:
It certainly wouldn't give me a warm fuzzy feeling if my local vendor
was tacking on a $10 "service charge" for loading OOo when I can easily
do it myself in 5 minutes for free.
OTOH, the vendor doing for me for free might be clear "added value" that
could tip a sale toward his favor.
And if I didn't know the software was available for free, I would know
soon enough, and then what would be the likelihood of my going back to
that vendor?
<Joe
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