On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 10:11:50PM -0400, Phil Beder wrote: > Hello, > I am involved with a Linux user group for Newbies in New York City. We > are in the process of brainstorming ways to make the group more effective > and serving the needs of new users. Someone had the idea of having the > several of the more popular distributions of GNU Linux available at > meetings. Many thought this was a good idea however there seems to be > some concerns. > 1. If I wish to copy my Debian CDs which I purchased from Linux Mall may > they be distributed at the meeting ?
Yes, anyone may redistirbute copies of Debian CDs as they wish. > > 2. May I charge a nominal amount ($5 - $10) to cover my costs of time and > materials for producing the CD ROMs ? Yes. That is precisely the same as Linux Mall does. > > 3. Someone raise the point that recently, users of *open source*/*Free > Software* have the reputation of being software pirates, and that this > sort of open exchange at public meetings might look bad or be counter > productive to the goals of the FSF, the GNU project, or the GPL. Could > you give your opinion on this If someone wants to give away soemthing absolutely free of charge, I personally don't think that as piracy. I guess analogy is with community service: if you choose to do something for free, it's not like organisation you work for is exploiting you by not paying you any money. See http://www.debian.org/CD/ for more information on Debian CD images. I hope this helps. -- GPG key-id: 1024D/DF04A255 Dmitriy AA16 8FAB 74E1 3511 83D0 9F4B F087 CEC9 DF04 A255 ********* please encrypt all email to me *********
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