From: fox@graphics.cs.nyu.edu (David Fox) Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Installation Support Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 14:09:39 GMT
In article <kelvin.737381003@thed.usup.uk22.bull.co.uk> kelvin@thed.uk22.bull.com (Kelvin J. Hill) writes:
In <s_fuller.737354036@vincent2.iastate.edu> s_fuller@iastate.edu (Steve Fuller) writes:
>In <C6zz3H.JwE@cscns.com> mass@cscns.com (Mike Jones/Mountain Alternative Systems) writes:
>> INSTALLATION SERVICES
>>Mountain Alternative Systems has an Installation-Service for those who
>>are new to Linux and have never installed or used a UNIX-like system before.
>>The service provides:
>> Free install disks
In the above, he states that the software/media is free.
>> Installation Guide
>> Configuration Guide
>> 30 days of e-mail support
>[stuff deleted]
>>This Installation-Service costs $150.
> ^^^
>Guess the definition of free has been changed recently eh???? :)
As there has been no overt attempt to sell the software but only to
emphasise that this is an INSTALLATION service, please could those
in the know comment on the a) legality and b) ethics of such a
service. PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT IN ANY WAY A FLAME OF EITHER
PARTY. I really would like to know the ins and outs of such an
offer, (just in case I decide to offer one in the UK :-).
``Free'' means that you cannot encumber the software's further
distribution, as described in the Gnu Public License. You may
charge whatever you like for installation, the media, or even
for the software itself if you can find a willing buyer.
-david