[users] Re: are you telling me that I paid for free software?

2007-06-01 Thread NoOp
On 06/01/2007 11:04 AM, William Case wrote: > Hi; > > I just want to add a hurrah ! > > On Thu, 2007-05-31 at 08:06 -0500, Kenn Murrah wrote: >> I agree. The guy that "taught" me most of what I know about Linux years ago >> did so by answering every one of my queries with something like "If you

Re: [users] Re: are you telling me that I paid for free software?

2007-06-01 Thread William Case
Hi; I just want to add a hurrah ! On Thu, 2007-05-31 at 08:06 -0500, Kenn Murrah wrote: > I agree. The guy that "taught" me most of what I know about Linux years ago > did so by answering every one of my queries with something like "If you > Google search with a string of XXX YYY ZZZ" you sh

Re: [users] Re: are you telling me that I paid for free software?

2007-05-31 Thread Kenn Murrah
I agree. The guy that "taught" me most of what I know about Linux years ago did so by answering every one of my queries with something like "If you Google search with a string of XXX YYY ZZZ" you should fine some sources that will answer your question." Kenn I don't mind that people don'

Re: [users] Re: are you telling me that I paid for free software?

2007-05-31 Thread Pueblo Native
ccornell - OpenOffice.org wrote: >>> Most casual computer users especially MS windows users would rather >>> just ask a question and be given the answer rather than do any >>> research to find what they want to know and then ask for some help >>> if they can't find the answer. >>> >>> Just look at

Re: [users] Re: are you telling me that I paid for free software?

2007-05-31 Thread Guy Voets
2007/5/31, ccornell - OpenOffice.org <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Most casual computer users especially MS windows users would >> rather just ask a question and be given the answer rather >> than do any research to find what they want to know and >> then ask for some help if they can't find the answer

Re: [users] Re: are you telling me that I paid for free software?

2007-05-31 Thread ccornell - OpenOffice.org
Most casual computer users especially MS windows users would rather just ask a question and be given the answer rather than do any research to find what they want to know and then ask for some help if they can't find the answer. Just look at how many times in one the day every day the same si

Re: [users] Re: are you telling me that I paid for free software?

2007-05-31 Thread Pueblo Native
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Most casual computer users especially MS windows users would > rather just ask a question and be given the answer rather > than do any research to find what they want to know and > then ask for some help if they can't find the answer. > > Just look at how many times in

Re: [users] Re: are you telling me that I paid for free software?

2007-05-30 Thread linuxmaillists
On Wednesday 30 May 2007, Pueblo Native wrote: > Initially I was going to say that it would be nice to put > it up on the FAQ page (or a link to it), but given the > research skills of some newbies, we could put it on the > front page and they wouldn't find it. Most casual computer users especiall

Re: [users] Re: are you telling me that I paid for free software?

2007-05-30 Thread Pueblo Native
Initially I was going to say that it would be nice to put it up on the FAQ page (or a link to it), but given the research skills of some newbies, we could put it on the front page and they wouldn't find it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tuesday 29 May 2007, Pueblo Native wrote: > >> And on that

Re: [users] Re: are you telling me that I paid for free software?

2007-05-30 Thread linuxmaillists
On Tuesday 29 May 2007, Pueblo Native wrote: > And on that note, has any other suggestions been posted > for wording on the FAQ as to why it is legal to sell > OpenOffice when it is free? I posted one, but has > anybody else? Read the GNU LGPL here http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html or here

Re: [users] Re: are you telling me that I paid for free software?

2007-05-29 Thread Pueblo Native
web kracked wrote: > Any Fraud sounding stuff is something to stay away from. This so-called > support that seems to be, or could be, just a way to get someone to > give "personal" > info that "he/she/they" could sell to someone. > There is that if you are referring to spam, though I was more conc

Re: [users] Re: are you telling me that I paid for free software?

2007-05-29 Thread web kracked
- Original Message - From: "Pueblo Native" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 2:00 AM Subject: Re: [users] Re: are you telling me that I paid for free software? web kracked wrote: I sell the software on a CD with the PDF documentation and as many

[users] Re: are you telling me that I paid for free software?

2007-05-26 Thread NoOp
On 05/26/2007 06:32 PM, web kracked wrote: > I sell the software on a CD with the PDF documentation > and as many samples I could find. > > I sell it for $10 and the profit goes to a charity. > > Yes you are buying a free software, but you > are paying for "not" spending the time downloading > t

[users] Re: are you telling me that I paid for free software?

2007-05-26 Thread NoOp
On 05/26/2007 11:00 PM, Pueblo Native wrote: > web kracked wrote: >> >> It is legal to sell the software since he/me puts the time >> and materials into the package we sell. > > I would agree that it's legal, but the time and materials are hardly the > justification for it. He could put it in

Re: [users] Re: are you telling me that I paid for free software?

2007-05-26 Thread Pueblo Native
web kracked wrote: > I sell the software on a CD with the PDF documentation > and as many samples I could find. > > I sell it for $10 and the profit goes to a charity. > > Yes you are buying a free software, but you > are paying for "not" spending the time downloading > the software and all of

[users] Re: are you telling me that I paid for free software?

2007-05-26 Thread web kracked
I sell the software on a CD with the PDF documentation and as many samples I could find. I sell it for $10 and the profit goes to a charity. Yes you are buying a free software, but you are paying for "not" spending the time downloading the software and all of the other files. Many people have s