El 22 de junio de 2015 07:18:30 GMT+01:00, Ali/amjjawad <amjja...@gnome.org> escribió: >Hi, > >On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Andres <a75...@alumni.tecnun.es> >wrote: > >> El Mon, 22-06-2015 a las 10:35 +0530, Satyajit Sahoo escribió: >> > But isn't it completely legal? >> >> Not only legal as far as I know ethical according to the fsf as Free >> software is Free as in freedom and not price (not free beer). >> >> >http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/licensing > > >> This person could actually be doing a public service? What if your >> download speeds are too low or too expensive? >> >> >For nearly a year, I've been converting people to GNU/Linux left and >right >and I did that 'not' for free, but for money. However, before I do >anything, I have informed the user/client that I'm charging for the >service, NOT the software itself. Usually, my services were involving >much >more of just installation. I had to do other things beside >installation. > >All that led me to think about it deeply .. why not expand that and >make my >living instead of spending my entire life updating my CV and beg for a >job? > >So, Kibo was born: >http://kibo.computer/ > >And, I just got my first client the other day. I managed to convert the >lady from Windows 7 that couldn't even boot in to Xubuntu 14.04 LTS and >all >that happened ONLINE .. I did not touch anything .. I was giving >instructions and she (the user) was doing it herself. > >My charges where for my time + efforts, NOT the software itself. > > > >> It is more likely that someone is trying to make a quick buck. >Hopefully >> not someone distributing a dodgy copy with malware. Then again, when >was >> the last time normal people do the checksums? >> >> Some years ago someone was selling CDs of ubuntu in amazon or ebay. >> Since canonical stopped providing CDs they were actually providing a >> service. >> > >The reason I asked someone (thanks To Keith) to contact that person, is >to >find out what is going on? if you go back to my original email, I >didn't >say anything :) I am not even upset, but so curious to understand what >is >going on :) so, let's hold our horses and wait for Keith ;) > > >> >> And wow. Softpedia looks like a horrible website. >> >> >> >That's your own personal opinion. I'd ask you nicely and politely not >to >get into this kind of topics here :) > > >> >> -- >> http://richmondmakerlabs.uk >> http://www.coderdojoham.org/ >> http://www.hamunitedgroup.org.uk/ >> >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list >> Ubuntu-GNOME@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome >> > >Thank you for your reply :) > >All what we need to do now is wait for Keith's feedback :)
All valid points. I am sorry if the tone sounded horrible. -- Richmond.ml Ham United Group -- Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list Ubuntu-GNOME@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome
