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On 08/12/10 21:01, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > I thought the GPL specified that it had to be distributed freely? "Freely" yes. "freely" no. Free as in "freedom" not [necessarily] as in gratis. Al -- The Open Learning Centre http://www.theopenlearningcentre.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com ht

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On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Alan Bell < alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com> wrote: > On 08/12/10 21:01, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > > I thought the GPL specified that it had to be distributed freely? > > Jacob Mansfield > > Programmer > > > nope. Go read it, it is an interesting and readable doc

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On 08/12/10 21:01, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > I thought the GPL specified that it had to be distributed freely? > Jacob Mansfield > Programmer > nope. Go read it, it is an interesting and readable document. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html http://www.gnu.o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

On 8 December 2010 21:01, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > I thought the GPL specified that it had to be distributed freely? > Jacob Mansfield > Programmer > Nope. You can charge whatever you like for GPL software. You just have to give away the source when you sell it. That way, the market finds the acc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

On 08/12/10 20:36, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > somebody wanna flame this guy, I'm too tired > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ubuntu-10-10-Latest-Desktop-Netbook-Server-Ed-/110614591450?pt=UK_Computing_Software_Software_SR&hash=item19c124b7da >

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On 08/12/10 20:36, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > somebody wanna flame this guy, I'm too tired > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ubuntu-10-10-Latest-Desktop-Netbook-Server-Ed-/110614591450?pt=UK_Computing_Software_Software_SR&hash=item19c124b7da > >

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Want to create an advert for Ubuntu?

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 9:36 PM, Will Bickerstaff wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 12:41 AM, Liam Proven wrote: >> >> I have no idea what "FruitLoops" is. AutoCAD I can believe would be >> difficult, but then, the only way to open an AutoCAD file is to have a >> copy of AutoCAD, isn't it? IOW,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Want to create an advert for Ubuntu?

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 2:05 PM, gazz wrote: > > > On Tue, 2010-12-07 at 12:34 +, danteash...@gmail.com wrote: > > It is a serious problem that in order to install such functionality, one > must install the ubuntu-restricted-extras package and run the libdvdcss > installation script. This probl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 68, Issue 9

> > > [5] it reads and writes all Microsoft files and anything from any > > Windows or Mac program. > > A genuine question here. A lot of MS Office "files" include large numbers of embedded macros. Is there something that will run these reliably? I realise that in some industries this is a wider

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Want to create an advert for Ubuntu?

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Want to create an advert for Ubuntu?

On Tue, 2010-12-07 at 22:14 +, alan c wrote: > On 07/12/10 20:19, gazz wrote: > > > > > > Wish I could - was intending to help out with the Wordpress site on > > Friday but just got sandbagged with 2 meetings on Friday :( > > Nice to be so much in demand! > Maybe drop in sometimes to tell s