But is it not the case that if someone sold your OS for any price yet downloaded it for free would infringe the copyright law? Otherwise could we negotiate a commission system were I sell the OS in the UK?
On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 11:02 PM, Jonathan Wiltshire <j...@debian.org> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 10:36:06PM +0000, anthony budd wrote: > > I was looking at your website on the partners program page, and i was > > wondering. Does being a partner give the right to sell Debian? Or if not > do > > you offer a program in which a business can sell Debian for a commission? > > Debian is free software[1], anybody can reproduce CDs for users and charge > whatever they like for that convenience. Equally, any user can choose to > buy CDs from a vendor or download Debian directly - it's their choice. > > Regarding partners: The project is run by volunteers; > the companies listed on the partners page are those that have provided > ongoing assistance through hardware, hosting, or some other service. > > People who have given financial donations are recognised differently [2]. > > 1: http://www.debian.org/social_contract > 2: http://www.debian.org/donations > > -- > Jonathan Wiltshire j...@debian.org > Debian Developer http://people.debian.org/~jmw > > 4096R: 0xD3524C51 / 0A55 B7C5 1223 3942 86EC 74C3 5394 479D D352 4C51 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJNC+wEAAoJEFOUR53TUkxR9LwP/iXywrjBRxgTeCVJqeaCNeRT > oPzKv71vI8KfdOhyCXyVr5h2lcqVzOqsnK85BF+nSQp3Vh8J2dqOj33SIoHoeFfU > jnwKgBIthim8r9+kNbu0QXvDDOpNUiArbm2WyZbeeqqmGzO/CGToUMy+j7+9+to6 > jwldmRao4tuLxuDX8avOHScHlIGWBJMKkA0gNImH8/RcYZnvNoK8YWo5t2vyHM8K > gD60Q0w77Az6sD+k8bQ53WUtr5HgB5R8REJLDSxD9Fb10tgQ/A2NKd3Lw3uU1tUS > Q5QjUtdzTKR/poPzeFYwaAgfqLmcgBhYUUU64VHtPiErkUxAFtFWHZduOfdkC6Rp > V7nxuM4HPXigI0CzL52kPGkNhhoBWoWwZJtiQBqbZb13SFa3pNFWHKGdJtvlS3A3 > 20pNMFOgFu/sXP5wBO+A+xdIfh/7NgRMI7sIeg+JHHThwrDKQZ7USs6X8kOVSEf2 > nahqBBJRfI2sXVgHqtTjsoiXWIGDQKs1TVgwicxMntIIfxO1xeX33IvwFtvDLpa4 > RIpv4Mpz8qfOS7uWA+H3pH8nU1tmoymGQPGcCyofFrkUh10tu8JFfsK8AF3Ubo6k > m/A5X3g+iULDsNR2TemL8hMZKCzv3RJlLqXLfybeXCxJF/mCiAO14/68hPoIywn3 > ehEJCGwn0qkmAQhoLbDT > =cCcs > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
