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emily 01-13-2006 01:08 AM

The cheek of some people...
 
Found this on EBay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Linux-the-wind...QQcmdZViewItem

Someone selling Linux, Linux is free, ruddy thieves!http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/mad1.gif

thegamexpertsdotcom 01-13-2006 01:13 AM

So report them. Its illegal to sell open source code for profit

emily 01-13-2006 01:16 AM

Already didhttp://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ies/devil1.gif

flienianO 01-13-2006 01:17 AM

Check his other auctions out. Looks like he is selling emulators and ROMs, and he is also selling a cd that contains Anti-Virus, Spyware, system utility programs, all of which seem to be free on the net.

Repwailia 01-13-2006 01:23 AM

He would probably say he's not selling the software, he's selling the discs that it comes on.

Tzqowwyt 01-13-2006 01:23 AM

I just reported some ebay seller yesterday for selling pirated copies of Reason 3.0 (he even says in the auction that he´s selling backup copies on cdr),..
Kinda pissed me off.

Biradallo 01-13-2006 03:14 AM

As if the fact he's trying to sell an open source OS isn't bad enough...

"IMMUNE TO VIRUSES AND SPYWARE!"
Flat out straight up BS and lies. There are already Linux specific viruses that exist, and have for some time


"No bugs, crashes or security problems"
And again. Linux has plenty of bugs (any complicated software does), it's not immune to crashes, and again there's known and documented security issues.

" This Operating system has been designed to resemble windows as closely as
possible."

No it hasn't. I suppose you could say that for Lindows, but not Linux in general.
Sigh... I'm just gonna stop there. Preying on people's lack of knowledge is just... yeah... [thumbdown]

[edit]
lol, even some of his screenshots are from Windows
In fact this one even says "Firefox 1.0.4 for Windows"

catarleriarly 01-13-2006 04:12 AM

Uh... That's Linspire (Lindows) and it's not free, you have to buy it.

Also, if selling open source software is illegal... Then how is it Linspire can charge you with their Click N Run (the whole basis of getting it to work) for free software?

Quote:

Does the GPL allow me to sell copies of the program for money? Yes, the GPL allows everyone to do this. The right to sell copies is part of the definition of free software. Except in one special situation, there is no limit on what price you can charge. (The one exception is the required written offer to provide source code that must accompany binary-only release.)

Biradallo 01-13-2006 04:26 AM

Quote:

Uh... That's Linspire (Lindows) and it's not free, you have to buy it.
D'oh! Forgot about the name change! And I know it's not free, my comment had nothing to do with cost, but rather that Linux is not "designed to resemble windows as closely as possible."

Quote:

Also, if selling open source software is illegal... Then how is it Linspire can charge you with their Click N Run (the whole basis of getting it to work) for free software?
They're charging you for the service. Click N Run is a whole lot more then just re-distributing what you could get for free (also, CNR has a free option, as well as a paid "gold" service). Just like Bungle says, this seller will most likely say he's charging for the CDs, not the OS.

catarleriarly 02-12-2006 08:47 AM

Quote:

D'oh! Forgot about the name change! And I know it's not free, my comment had nothing to do with cost, but rather that Linux is not "designed to resemble windows as closely as possible."



They're charging you for the service. Click N Run is a whole lot more then just re-distributing what you could get for free (also, CNR has a free option, as well as a paid "gold" service). Just like Bungle says, this seller will most likely say he's charging for the CDs, not the OS.
I was just saying it was Linspire in general, wasn't directed at you. This thread had the general assumption that it was free.

And I know Click N Run is much more than just re-distibuting. You're still getting charged for applications though. There's some things you can get for free off of it, with most not being able to.

All in all the thread should read my GNU quote. The guy, although to many immorally wrong, isn't doing anything legally wrong.

emily 02-12-2006 05:34 PM

Quote:

The guy, although to many immorally wrong, isn't doing anything legally wrong.
Its Linux he is selling, and Linux IS free.

SimSlim 02-12-2006 07:56 PM

Quote:

All in all the thread should read my GNU quote. The guy, although to many immorally wrong, isn't doing anything legally wrong.
Yes it is. It is illegal to ask money for software available under the GPL license.
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

catarleriarly 02-12-2006 08:09 PM

Quote:

Yes it is. It is illegal to ask money for software available under the GPL license.
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
Finally, someone who reads more into something than what another user quotes. Thought I'd get people agreeing with the opposite side, but they were too busy saying Linux is free... Yah, actual Linux (the kernel) is, but the distro doesn't have to be free. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/wink1.gif


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