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Xref: sserve gnu.misc.discuss:6460 comp.os.linux:12267 comp.unix.bsd:6369 Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) Subject: Re: distributing linux on floppies Message-ID: <id.NQYT.EA5@ferranti.com> Organization: Xenix Support, FICC References: <1992Oct7.040347.425@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <1992Oct7.164402.29427@uc.msc.edu> <1992Oct8.200527.1567@fcom.cc.utah.edu> Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 20:01:21 GMT Lines: 25 In article <1992Oct8.200527.1567@fcom.cc.utah.edu> terry@icarus.weber.edu writes: > In particular, the last sentence, "You may charge a fee for the physical > act of transferring a copy" prevents centralized distribution; this is > because only the distributor may make money; no money may be made from > at the retail outlet, unless the retail outlet provides direct support > or copy production facilities. Why would this prevent retail distribution any more than it would prevent distribution via the postal service or a cargo company (I don't think they provide direct support or copy production facilities). > The only other alternative is that the > company producing the copies pays the retailer per copy sold. This is > illegal in the US, and, I suspect, elsewhere (it's called a "kickback"). You'll have to explain why every car manufacturer does this, then. I have other problems with the GPL, but unless someone at the FSF tells me otherwise (as they have, unfortunately, done in the past) this isn't one of them. -- Peter da Silva `-_-' Ferranti Intl. Ctls. Corp. 'U` Sugar Land, TX 77487-5012 "Heeft u vandaag al uw wolf geknuffeld?" +1 713 274 5180 "Tjener, denne ret er stadig levende."