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

[Satyajit Sahoo]

There is no ethical issues with selling free software. Lots of companies
distribute free software in CD or DVD. I think we're unnecessarily wasting
time on this.

Satyajit Sahoo
UX Designer
Behance Profile <https://www.behance.net/satyajitha28c7>

We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh? — The Doctor,
Season 5, Episode 13.

On 22 June 2015 at 19:16, Keith I Myers <keithiokepamyers at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello All,
> I will be reaching out to this person this afternoon to try to get his
> side of the story. We will all agree that the posting on CraigsList is
> extremely vague and leaves A LOT of room for speculation and the article on
> Softpedia covering the story was written in a way that it could incite
> anger, lets not fall for it until we get both sides of the story. A
> journalist should NEVER publish a one sided story without at least making
> an attempt to reach out to the other party involved.  Lets not question
> this persons intelligence or resort to insults.
>
> If this person is actually charging users $30.00 to install Ubuntu Gnome
> on their machine and make sure everything works, then this person is doing
> nothing wrong and in many ways should be an inspiration to the community as
> this person is helping to spread Ubuntu Gnome to his local area. I
> personally would love to see such grass-root businesses spring up all over
> the place to not only do the install but also provide support. If this is
> the case, I will ask this person to re-write the CraigsList posting to be
> much more clear and in a way that it respects the Ubuntu and Gnome
> trademarks.
>
> However if this person is simply downloading the ISO and burning it to a
> DVD/Flash Drive then I will try my best to educate him about the ethical
> issues of selling "free software". I would ask that he discontinue this and
> if it does continue then we will need to decide our next steps.
>
> I will try to reach out to this person after my morning meetings and
> report back to the community with what happens.
>
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 8:18 AM, Tim <darkxst at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 22/06/15 21:36, Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote:
>> >
>> > El 22 de junio de 2015 10:35:58 GMT+01:00, Tim <darkxst at fastmail.fm>
>> escribió:
>> >> Why is everyone getting so worked up about this?
>> >
>> > Actually from reading  this
>> >
>> > http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/licensing
>> its even stated on that page, and I quote
>> "While Ubuntu will not charge licence fees for this distribution, you
>> might want to charge to print Ubuntu CDs, or create your own customised
>> versions of Ubuntu which you sell, and should have the freedom to do so."
>>
>> Of course they have tightened up the trademark rules a bit since that was
>> written, however it should still apply to unmodified images.
>>
>> >
>> > And listening to the interview here
>> >
>> http://linuxluddites.com/ogg/podcast-43-ogg/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LinuxLudditesOgg+%28Linux+Luddites+%C2%BB+Ogg%29
>> I don't have time to listen to random interviews, but really I don't see
>> what all fuss is about. Softpedia are click-baiting and hyping things
>> up. But what would I know, I'm only the co-founder and Technical lead of
>> Ubuntu GNOME....
>> >
>> >
>>
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