On Dec 10, 2007 10:26 AM, Jason Grout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > William Stein wrote: > > On Dec 10, 2007 10:17 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> I'm guessing he wants something that looks professionally labeled and > >>> maybe shrink-wrapped. What do you think? > >>> > >>> I could actually have some DVD's professionally printed up (it cost < > >>> $5/per) > >>> and shrink wrapped with printouts of the tutorial, and "sell" the > >>> combination > >>> for $19.99/each... but that would lead me down a road I really don't want > >>> to go down. > >>> > >>> -- William > >> I think this is a great idea. You can buy Debian disks, for example -- > >> this sort of practice is all but encouraged in the GPL. We aren't going > >> "for profit" or anything, but it provides an excellent way for people to > >> donate to the Sage project. Also, we print some big "share with your > >> friends & colleagues", "unlimited CPU license", "source code included" > >> labels on 'em for fun. > >> > >> Also, on whatever website we sell the disks, offer free downloads. > >> Besides the fact that I don't want to handle this personally, I think it's > >> a great idea. > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > See *that* is exactly the point. When I talked with one of the Maple > > founders > > about why Maple started in the 1980's, it was precisely because the > > mathematicians working on the software didn't want to duplicate tapes and > > mail them around the country. We're no different. > > Well, except that we're GPL, which seems like it would make a huge > difference down the road of commercialization.
Hey, that's exactly what I said to him, and after a lot of discussion he was convinced. The GPL -- and spreading copyright thin -- are really two significant differences from the situation in the 1980s. William --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
