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Xref: sserve gnu.misc.discuss:6440 comp.os.linux:12004 comp.unix.bsd:6232 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!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!gatech!concert!uvaarpa!murdoch!fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU!gsh7w From: gsh7w@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Hennessy) Subject: Re: distributing linux on floppies Message-ID: <1992Oct9.010252.8133@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Organization: University of Virginia References: <1992Oct8.200527.1567@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <1b27slINNj2f@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1992Oct9.001607.7471@fcom.cc.utah.edu> Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 01:02:52 GMT Lines: 24 terry@cs.weber.edu writes: #*Not* the sale; *only* the distribution, and *only* for a single markup #from origin (Ie: use of a multimarkup distribution channel is *not* #allowed, in that it involves more than one fee). The GPL no-where says that different people cannot impose their own fees. #The *only* way to sell software you don't hold title to is to mark it up #or add value... GPL eliminates the middleman, or at least the profit #motive which causes a middleman to be involved. The result is no access #to existing distribution channels. The GPL does not forbid you from making a profit on "selling" GNU code. Middlemen can make as much profit as they want. You seem to be spreading FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt). Are you doing it intentionally? -- -Greg Hennessy, University of Virginia USPS Mail: Astronomy Department, Charlottesville, VA 22903-2475 USA Internet: gsh7w@virginia.edu UUCP: ...!uunet!virginia!gsh7w