There is no ethical issues with selling free software. Lots of companies distribute free software in CD or DVD. I think we're unnecessarily wasting time on this.
Satyajit Sahoo UX Designer Behance Profile <https://www.behance.net/satyajitha28c7> We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh? — The Doctor, Season 5, Episode 13. On 22 June 2015 at 19:16, Keith I Myers <keithiokepamy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello All, > I will be reaching out to this person this afternoon to try to get his > side of the story. We will all agree that the posting on CraigsList is > extremely vague and leaves A LOT of room for speculation and the article on > Softpedia covering the story was written in a way that it could incite > anger, lets not fall for it until we get both sides of the story. A > journalist should NEVER publish a one sided story without at least making > an attempt to reach out to the other party involved. Lets not question > this persons intelligence or resort to insults. > > If this person is actually charging users $30.00 to install Ubuntu Gnome > on their machine and make sure everything works, then this person is doing > nothing wrong and in many ways should be an inspiration to the community as > this person is helping to spread Ubuntu Gnome to his local area. I > personally would love to see such grass-root businesses spring up all over > the place to not only do the install but also provide support. If this is > the case, I will ask this person to re-write the CraigsList posting to be > much more clear and in a way that it respects the Ubuntu and Gnome > trademarks. > > However if this person is simply downloading the ISO and burning it to a > DVD/Flash Drive then I will try my best to educate him about the ethical > issues of selling "free software". I would ask that he discontinue this and > if it does continue then we will need to decide our next steps. > > I will try to reach out to this person after my morning meetings and > report back to the community with what happens. > > On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 8:18 AM, Tim <dark...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > >> >> >> On 22/06/15 21:36, Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote: >> > >> > El 22 de junio de 2015 10:35:58 GMT+01:00, Tim <dark...@fastmail.fm> >> escribió: >> >> Why is everyone getting so worked up about this? >> > >> > Actually from reading this >> > >> > http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/licensing >> its even stated on that page, and I quote >> "While Ubuntu will not charge licence fees for this distribution, you >> might want to charge to print Ubuntu CDs, or create your own customised >> versions of Ubuntu which you sell, and should have the freedom to do so." >> >> Of course they have tightened up the trademark rules a bit since that was >> written, however it should still apply to unmodified images. >> >> > >> > And listening to the interview here >> > >> http://linuxluddites.com/ogg/podcast-43-ogg/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LinuxLudditesOgg+%28Linux+Luddites+%C2%BB+Ogg%29 >> I don't have time to listen to random interviews, but really I don't see >> what all fuss is about. Softpedia are click-baiting and hyping things >> up. But what would I know, I'm only the co-founder and Technical lead of >> Ubuntu GNOME.... >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list >> Ubuntu-GNOME@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome >> > > > > -- > > [image: --] > Keith I Myers > [image: http://]http://KMyers.me > +Keith I Myers <http://plus.kmyers.me/> > Mobile : (305)-929-3475 > > > > -- > Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list > Ubuntu-GNOME@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome > >
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