[Ubuntu-BD] ``সফটওয়্যার মুক্তি দিবস – ২০১১” তে বাংলাদেশে উৎসব আয়োজন

[Nasimul Haque]

It is perfectly OK if someone wants to sell CD/DVD of Linux distros
with a very high price for business. There is nothing wrong in it.
There is no restriction in GPL that says you cannot/should not sell
Linux at a higher price. I, myself, work on a customized embedded
Linux that is sold at a very expensive price. Let the customer decide
whether they'll buy a CD or download it free from the internet.

I don't see any problem if fossbd charges 1000 tk per CD if they want.
As a customer I will decide whether it is a good price to pay or not.
If I can't justify the price, I will not buy it. It's just that
simple.

On a side note, I have seen people buying a single CD/DVD with paying
shipping cost themselves. It's customer's choice. It's completely upto
a customer whether s/he buys an american edition of a book in amazon
or a cheaper indian edition from bookstore or a photocopy edition from
nilkhet.

Selling a Linux distro is not evil. People buy it because they need
it. No one has forced them to buy it. We can discuss on the quality of
the product at the asking price. Please don't be mistaken that no one
can/should sell Linux CDs at a higher price.

-- 
M. Nasimul Haque
Appliansys, Coventry, UK
http://www.nasim.me.uk