Hola Tom ! you are correct, techs are alloed to charge for service,* their time*, to repair software problems. Notice that Canonical , see: http://webapps.ubuntu.com/partners/ does have paid support and you can become a partner.
Canonical, Ubuntu the connection !! Allengg On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Tom <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > With regards to non-free technical support it must be worth reading > through the GPL and other licensing agreements to clarify that this is > not against the agreement. > > There is a question about whether it is desirable for The Linux > Communities or right (as in the balance of good and evil in the world) > and my personal feeling is that it is. People like paying for support, > maybe they feel the question gets answered faster/better/more > professionally - who knows? > > There is a lot of easily accessible free support out there and as long > as us tech-support types make people aware of that then surely we can > charge what we want? Perhaps the more the better as people clearly seem > scared by the prospect of something being free (and therefore see as > worthless rather than realising it is priceless). Perhaps we should > charge a set fee for call-out-charge and mileage but then charge more > hourly for Linux/free-software problems rather than Windows problems? > Lol, that would make sense to most consumers and presumably end up > costing them about the same as Windows problems tend to take longer, > especially if you need to defrag before starting. > > With regards to the agreement i'm pretty sure that we are allowed to > charge - i haven't started doing so yet but hope to start soon. I've > only read through the agreement a couple of times , once when i first > started using Linux and once trying to translate the US version into > English (doing so helped me stay awake(ish) while reading the legal > document.) > > -- > Microsoft has a majority market share > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Club Distro: Confirmed > Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Confirmed > Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Confirmed > Status in JAK LINUX: Confirmed > Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Invalid > Status in Launchpad Translations: Invalid > Status in Tabuntu: Confirmed > Status in Ubuntu: In Progress > Status in "bum" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in "casper" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in "djplay" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in "firefox" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in "ubuntu-express" source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed > Status in The Breezy Badger: Invalid > Status in The Dapper Drake: Invalid > Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Confirmed > Status in "linux" source package in Debian: Confirmed > Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS: Confirmed > Status in Tilix Linux: New > > Bug description: > Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace. > This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix. > > Non-free software is holding back innovation in the IT industry, > restricting access to IT to a small part of the world's population and > limiting the ability of software developers to reach their full potential, > globally. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry. > > Steps to repeat: > > 1. Visit a local PC store. > > What happens: > 2. Observe that a majority of PCs for sale have non-free software > pre-installed. > 3. Observe very few PCs with Ubuntu and free software pre-installed. > > What should happen: > 1. A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software like > Ubuntu. > 2. Ubuntu should be marketed in a way such that its amazing features and > benefits would be apparent and known by all. > 3. The system shall become more and more user friendly as time passes. > -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
