On Sunday 18 April 2004 18:13, Nick Rout wrote: > On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 17:42, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > On Sunday 18 April 2004 17:06, Paul William wrote: > > > > 2) Similarly, I think it's also totally OT to request commercial > > > > supply of goods or services, related to FLOSS or otherwise. There are > > > > various "Gazette" > > rubbish. Nick: We have totally different interpretations as to the meaning of "request for commercial supply of goods or services"
I do not for one minute see suppling a disc for $5.00 as "commercial". It isn't. cutting a CD for a friend at that price is a loss-making enterprise. On the other hand I do see a Request for Tender for a Linux based e-mail system for a country-wide business organization or Government Department with a tender value of $500,000, or whatever, as a "request for commercial supply of goods or services". > there have been many posts to this list and to NZLUG asking for > staff, or for consultants to help out with something. Most request answers > off list. That is entirely fine by me. At the moment sure it is, but what happens when Linux becomes popular, and say every school in the country, all 2,700 of them, has Linux systems and they are all touting for helpers? > Actually the bery regular "can someone supply me with the cd's for distro > foo, I'll pay" is commercial if you want to take it that far - the payment > of, say, $5.00 per CD is greater than the raw material cost [1], and there > is therefore a gross profit in the supply. Are we to stop this? No, of course not. > I have also seen many people pointing such requests to e-caf or copyleft. > Thise are commercial organisations - should we ban those posts too. No. > I believe this list is working well and is effectively self policing. Lets > talk about something productive, like the next installfest that no-one > seems to have got off their butt about....(I am not talking about the > gentoo thingy) Good Idea, start a new thread then. -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell NB. This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine. Please do not notify me when this occurs. Thanks.
