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If you read the license, there's nothing preventing someone from selling m0n0 CD's on E-bay, for $100 or what ever you could get out of a person. The only reason I'd even think someone would buy a m0n0 CD would be a slow Internet connection, would m0n0 even be useful to a dial up user? With an ISO size of less then 6megs, why someone would buy a copy over download an ISO is beyond me. Denis On 1/2/06, William Arlofski <waa dash m0n0wall at revpol dot com> wrote: > > Jens Jensen wrote: > > I know that it's not illegal or unscrupulous to download a GPL iso, burn > > it to cd/dvd, while only selling the media, burning service and charging > > a reasonable amount. I do, however, question somebody who sells some > > GPL(or similar FOSS) software on ebay who does not openly state that: 1. > > this software is not his own product - he is just selling a cd/dvd > > burning service, etc, and 2. this software is freely available by > > internet download (and be nice enough to mention where) > > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7190686063&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:1 > > > > What are others thoughts on this? > > I tend to agree with your line of thinking, but I would like to add the > following cynical viewpoint of my own: > > I feel that if someone does not even know enough about the product > he/she is selling, then they don't deserve to have customers purchasing > said product from them. > > eg: from the link you posted - > > Listed in category: Computers & Networking > Software > Operating > Systems > Linux > > > Ummm, last I checked m0n0wall was FreeBSD, and last I checked > FreeBSD != Linux. > > Sigh > > But then again, if someone BUYS a "product" on eBay without so much as a > quick Google search to locate the homepage of said product, then they > also get what they deserve. > > > My $0.02 > > Happy New Year everyone! > -- > Bill Arlofski > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > > |