Preface -- this is an unofficial response only. I do not represent Ubuntu officially, or unofficially. Being a self-employed computer consultant, I appreciate your company's project plan. I don't see any reason why you couldn't legally sell the CD media, but not charge for the Ubuntu OS contained on the CD. The Ubuntu OS is (after all) Open Source, and FREE for the public to download and install. The only thing that Ubuntu charges for with their "paid" products is the printed manuals, the media, and shipping/handling. Yet, the CD image that you would burn is only a partial image, and requires internet access to download many of features that a normal user would request/need, as well as to perform updates to Ubuntu. Again, to be clear, I would think that charging a SMALL fee for the actual CD ($5 at the most) which would include download fee and burning fee as well as the media fee (CDs are now around 10 to 25 cents a piece) should be legally acceptable, but I'm NOT Ubuntu. If I were to do the same thing with my personal laptops/desktops, and burn an Ubuntu installation CD, the above is the guideline for the fee structure that I would use. If I were looking to prvide media though... I would download the current daily DVD install to burn (which is complete and current daily), and make sure that the laptops had a DVD reader at least. Then I could charge more download time and burn time, alhough the price of a CD-R and a DVD-R are actually both less than 25 cents. Please continue to monitor the list for a more official comment from a more official source. Peace, Barry Not an Ubuntu representative <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 9:07 AM, Oguz Yarimtepe <<a href="mailto:comp.ogz@gmail.com">comp.ogz@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi, I was wondering whether there is a restriction at Ubuntu license for selling laptops with Ubuntu installed. The commercial company i am working is planning to sell some laptops with Ubuntu installed without charging for OS but charging the Ubuntu CD itself that will be given with the laptop itself. Ođuz -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>