Thomas, IANAL either (are there any on this list? :P) but I know there's people left right and centre selling binary only CDs and not running into trouble. For example down here we have at least http://www.everythinglinux.com.au and http://www.lsl.com.au but I'm sure there's others. They'll sell you burnt cds within day(s) of release and then follow up with pressed cds days/weeks thereafter. As for keeping the source... it's hardly a huge expense but I doubt you need to... packages aren't going away and even if they did I'm sure we'd all be happy to dig them up if someone ever tried to sue you.
As for selling only the first cd, yes, PLEASE do eet. By having 3 cd's (and more in the not too distant future no doubt and/or a dvd) we're pretty much triple the price of the other distros, and if (like me) you just use the cd for an easy install so you can immediately apt-get dist-upgrade to unstable then you have absolutely no use for the other 2(+). If only we could rename the CDs so it is clear you only *need* the first one (ie debian-base and debian-extra or some such thing)... I guess we'll have to one day. - samj ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Uwe Gruettmueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 11:34 AM Subject: Selling CDs... > Hi > > When I understand the stuff on http://cdimages.debian.org > correctly, Debian suggests to sell also incomplete sets of the > official CDs, e.g. only Binary-1. If it is really possible to > sell Binary-only-CDs, how does it relate to the GPL??? And does > this rule only apply to the official CDs or also to e.g. a > developer snapshot of woody? > > Bye, > Thomas > }:o{# > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
