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- From: fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus James HENDERSON)
- Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
- Subject: Re: Profiteering at FSF (was: First GNU CD-ROM)
- Message-ID: <9236507.10705@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 20:26:06 GMT
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- Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
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- lenoil@catalogic.com (Robert Lenoil) writes:
-
- >>The CD costs $100 if you are an individual, $400 if you are a
- >>business. This is a distribution fee. The software is `copylefted',
- >>which means you have the the right to copy, change, and redistribute it.
- >
- >It seems to me that a "distribution fee" would be to recover the costs of
- >distribution, which shouldn't differ for individuals vs. businesses. You're
- >really stretching the "Free" in "Free Software Foundation" by marking up the
- >CD-ROM cost 400% for businesses. I never would have expected such behavior
- >from FSF, and am quite disappointed.
-
- To be pedantic, it's only a 300% mark-up.
-
- Oh, and by the way, the "Free" in "Free Software Foundation" refers to
- freedom, not price. So long you distribute the source code, you can
- charge what you like.
-
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- Fergus Henderson fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU
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