Someone Tries to Sell Ubuntu GNOME Linux OS on Craigslist for $30

[Julien Olivier]

Hi,

Le lundi 22 juin 2015 à 08:51 +0200, Narcis Garcia a écrit :
> I've made hunderds of Ubuntu/Lubuntu/UbuntuGnome installations
> professionally, but I've never sold the software itself.
> 
> The problem I see in the ad is the phrase, because it seems Ubuntu can
> be sold itself.
> 

Actually it can be sold, provided that you respect the GPL licence. For
example, it would be perfectly legal to put Ubuntu CDs or DVDs in nice
boxes with paper docs and sell them in stores or Amazon.

> 
> El 22/06/15 a les 08:31, Andrés Muñiz Piniella ha escrit:
> > 
> > 
> > El 22 de junio de 2015 07:18:30 GMT+01:00, Ali/amjjawad <amjjawad at gnome.org> escribió:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Andres <a75576 at alumni.tecnun.es>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> El Mon, 22-06-2015 a las 10:35 +0530, Satyajit Sahoo escribió:
> >>>> But isn't it completely legal?
> >>>
> >>> Not only legal as far as I know ethical according to the fsf as  Free
> >>> software is Free as in freedom and not price (not free beer).
> >>>
> >>>
> >> http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/licensing
> >>
> >>
> >>> This person could actually be doing a public service? What if your
> >>> download speeds are too low or too expensive?
> >>>
> >>>
> >> For nearly a year, I've been converting people to GNU/Linux left and
> >> right
> >> and I did that 'not' for free, but for money. However, before I do
> >> anything, I have informed the user/client that I'm charging for the
> >> service, NOT the software itself. Usually, my services were involving
> >> much
> >> more of just installation. I had to do other things beside
> >> installation.
> >>
> >> All that led me to think about it deeply .. why not expand that and
> >> make my
> >> living instead of spending my entire life updating my CV and beg for a
> >> job?
> >>
> >> So, Kibo was born:
> >> http://kibo.computer/
> >>
> >> And, I just got my first client the other day. I managed to convert the
> >> lady from Windows 7 that couldn't even boot in to Xubuntu 14.04 LTS and
> >> all
> >> that happened ONLINE .. I did not touch anything .. I was giving
> >> instructions and she (the user) was doing it herself.
> >>
> >> My charges where for my time + efforts, NOT the software itself.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> It is more likely that someone is trying to make a quick buck.
> >> Hopefully
> >>> not someone distributing a dodgy copy with malware. Then again, when
> >> was
> >>> the last time normal people do the checksums?
> >>>
> >>> Some years ago someone was  selling CDs of ubuntu in amazon or ebay.
> >>> Since canonical stopped providing CDs they were actually providing a
> >>> service.
> >>>
> >>
> >> The reason I asked someone (thanks To Keith) to contact that person, is
> >> to
> >> find out what is going on? if you go back to my original email, I
> >> didn't
> >> say anything :) I am not even upset, but so curious to understand what
> >> is
> >> going on :) so, let's hold our horses and wait for Keith ;)
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> And wow. Softpedia looks like a horrible website.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> That's your own personal opinion. I'd ask you nicely and politely not
> >> to
> >> get into this kind of topics here :)
> >>
> >>
> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>
> >> Thank you for your reply :)
> >>
> >> All what we need to do now is wait for Keith's feedback :)
> > 
> > 
> > All valid points. I am sorry if the tone sounded horrible.
> > 
>