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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA464 ; Sun, 31 Jan 93 14:09:36 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!news.u.washington.edu!serval!beta.tricity.wsu.edu!msmith From: msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu (Dragon Lord) Subject: Re: What is the legality of charging for installs? Message-ID: <1993Feb2.042645.1419@serval.net.wsu.edu> Sender: news@serval.net.wsu.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Washington State University Tri-Cities, Richland References: <bIQKePhq40@astral.msk.su> <1kirbsINN39r@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 93 04:26:45 GMT Lines: 14 In article <1kirbsINN39r@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> vax@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Vax) writes: >I know a certain company is distributing 386bsd on CD-ROM, and charging >money for it. What is legal to charge money for, and what is not? >Specifically, I would like to include 386bsd as an OS for which >I could custom-install on a certain platform, perhaps even >binary-only. Opinions, anyone? Ah, you speak of Walunt Creek or some such. There charges are based on mastering, reproducing and distributing the CD on which the software is placed. Plus a "reasonable profit" for the distribution of the CD. Technicly, they aren't charging you for the soft ware, just the duplication of it. Mark