Jeff Licquia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2002-06-16 at 21:29, Walter Landry wrote: > > Jeff Licquia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That's not the problem of the distributor. If they handwrite "you can > > > get your own copy from http://foo.com/bar"; on the back of the last page, > > > they aren't required to give you network access for free to get the > > > source. As you say, it's an indirect cost. > > > > What about if I said that you can get it by joining a free software > > club, whose membership is "only" $50,000 a year. This is just like > > telling a kid from Ghana that they can get free software, but they > > only have to pony up their annual salary to join the club of internet > > users. It would certainly be an indirect cost (They would offer other > > fine free software), but I don't think this is what people are > > thinking of when discussing free documentation or software. > > Of course, they could get access to all that software much more easily > by asking their rich friend who has already joined the Official Ghanian > Internet Club to download it for them, right?
They don't have a rich friend. All they have is a Peace Corps volunteer who printed out a bunch of copies when he was back in the US. And he's not returning any time soon. Regards, Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
