Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:02:58 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: selling freebsd cd for profit Message-ID: <20100228230258.GB2527@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <4B8A5ABC.4060804@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <2e8230611002261650oe500cb9qa9b52336e4e717bf@mail.gmail.com> <4B88D0BB.201@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20100228015627.GA5609@guilt.hydra> <4B8A4F29.4070106@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20100228114342.GA53691@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> <4B8A5ABC.4060804@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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--PmA2V3Z32TCmWXqI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 11:59:56AM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote: >=20 > On 28/02/2010 11:43:42, Erik Trulsson wrote: > > The difference is that when you just give a link to a well-known site > > you have no guarantees that they will keep the source for that > > particular version of the software in question for as long as needed. >=20 > Uh -- so what? Until the download site disappears, there's no problem. > If it does disappear, then /obviously/ you have to make alternative > arrangements. But that is a bridge that doesn't need to be crossed > until you've reached it. Actually, a couple of Linux distribution projects have been threatened with lawsuits for referring to upstream sources, even while the sources were still there, because those projects were identified by the people making such threats as commercial enterprises. Probably the highest profile instance was MEPIS. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --PmA2V3Z32TCmWXqI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkuK9iIACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKXwXgCfaiSj4OMGKMyylUB4JDtfy3BG VRgAmwQeNPPs7r5okDXyH1PQhiXd/3BH =YoL0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --PmA2V3Z32TCmWXqI--
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