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

[Tim]

Why is everyone getting so worked up about this? Clearly softpedia is just click-baiting, otherwise it wouldnt even be news. The monkey that
wrote the ad clearly doesn't have the intelligence to make any money. Surely any sane person (consumer) would take one look at that ad and ask
wtf. I hardly see him making a rush of sales. At the best someone might wonder what is Ubuntu GNOME and google it to find out.

Anyway regardless, it is afaik perfectly legal to sell DVD/USB's with Ubuntu (and the flavours) so long as they are the official unmodified
images (there are or atleast were, heaps of sites doing this, seems osdisc might be the only one left). Its also perfectly legal for someone to
sell support services so long as they don't make claims that they are officially connected with the trademark owners. Its also ok to sell
systems with Ubuntu GNOME pre-installed, however if its on a commercial scale, Canonical would probably want you to sign a OEM agreement.

Seriously just forget about this one! There are plenty more productive things to be done than worry about some stupid ad on craigslist!

Tim




On 22/06/15 18:18, Patrik Bubák wrote:
> /"This Not Windows But It runs smooth. More Like Apple mac os x Type. Linux Operating System. Just Boot from Start Up Screen Or Desktop."/ -
> who the heck wrote this sentence? An elementary school drop out?
>
>
> I think you guys fail to see the point that this person might solely be doing it for their own good.
>
> Just look at the grammar. Do you honestly think they might actually be doing the community a service by "spreading the word" this way? Without
> a proper product presentation the one offering this doesn't sound like an honest entity.
>
> If I were to profit from offering any kind of services involving UG I would definitely make it look professional, not posting one sentence as
> written by Tarzan.
>
> Nothing ruins creativity like too many voices weighing in. We call it the /Ice Cream Principle/. Tell 10 people to go get ice cream with one
> condition: they all have to agree on one flavour. That flavour is going to be chocolate or vanilla every time. Groups of people don't agree on
> what's cool or interesting, they agree on what's easy to agree on.
>
>
>     -------- Original Message --------
>     Subject: Someone Tries to Sell Ubuntu GNOME Linux OS on Craigslist for $30
>     Time (GMT): Jun 22 2015 03:47:33
>     From: amjjawad at gnome.org
>     To: ubuntu-gnome at lists.ubuntu.com
>
>     Hi everyone,
>
>     I found this tweet on Twitter:
>     https://twitter.com/Softpedia/status/612791924282540033
>
>     The article:
>     http://linux.softpedia.com/blog/Someone-Tries-to-Sell-Ubuntu-GNOME-Linux-OS-on-Craigslist-for-30-484867.shtml?utm_content=bufferb8c51&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
>
>     Here is the ad:
>     http://fayetteville.craigslist.org/sys/5040249435.html
>
>     When you click on "Reply" and tell the website that you're not a bot/machine, you'll get the number of the person who published that ad 29
>     days ago!
>
>     Could someone who lives in USA to contact that person and understand what is going on?!
>
>     As a person who respects privacy, I am not going to publish his/her number here on a public mailing list.
>
>     I'll be waiting for someone's reply to this :)
>
>     Thank you!
>
>     @Keith
>     Can you give him/her a call, please?
>
>
>     -- 
>     Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us."
>
>     Best Regards,
>     Ali/amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad>
>
>     *http://kibo.computer* - http://torios.net - Ubuntu GNOME <http://ubuntugnome.org/>
>
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