On Monday 05 May 2008 04:02, Billy Cina wrote: > George Farris wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 10:38 +0300, Billy Cina wrote: > >>> Right, so if we want to use the manual in our Community Education > >>> course to introduce and teach Ubuntu Linux while charging the student a > >>> fee for the course, this would be okay? > >>> > >>> Note: these are not degree courses they fall into the same category as > >>> "learn to paint" or "better life through yoga". Strictly for community > >>> personal interest with charges usually between $50.00 - $199.00 > >> > >> Non-profit are key words. $50 - $199.00 sounds like profit seeking to > >> me. > >> > >> Billy Cina > > > > Exactly which brings me back to the original question. > > > > It seems a little out of touch with the rest of Ubuntu. > > > > If one can take Hardy Heron and use it to present a course on Linux > > while charging for the course, why wouldn't you have the license similar > > for the documents? Charge for the course (not the material) but use the > > material to refer to in the course. > > > > Cheers > > Dear George and Blaise, > > Am addressing both in the same email. > > Ubuntu is a free distribution and will always continue to be free. > However, this does not mean that every service provided to support > Ubuntu or its further expansion must also be free. Both the Ubuntu > community and Canonical have invested a lot of time and money in > developing this course, it is therefor reasonable for: a. the community > to be able to use the material (freely) to further spread the work of > Ubuntu and grow the user base, and b. for Canonical to determine who > should be seeking a profit out of its investment. > > Best regards
The exact same argument applies equally well to the Ubuntu distribution. I don't see how it's somehow better for documentation that the community contributed to than for the distribution. Personally, I don't expect there's much more point in discussing this as this seems to me to be typical of Canonical's schizophrenia about FOSS. Scott K -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
