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Article #1145Re: Suggestions for the free Unix projects
From: Noah Friedman
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 02:33
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 02:33
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In article <BRUCE.92Oct5110747@suprenum.uxb.liv.ac.uk> bruce@uxb.liv.ac.uk (Bruce Stephens) writes: > In other FSF/Stallman documents it is quite clear that FSF has no >objections to you charging as much as you like for providing a copy of >the code, and any fee you like for whatever extra service you offer. That's correct. In general, if you're overcharging for distributing GNU software you won't make much because everyone else will be underselling you. The FSF is affected by this too---there are people distributing GNU software on CD ROMS and so forth for less than we ourselves charge for our tapes, and many people are choosing the cheaper alternatives. If you can afford the slightly higher costs the next time you purchase GNU software, please consider it---the FSF could use the money.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!cs.widener.edu!umn.edu!spool.mu.edu!olivea!bu.edu!ai-lab!life.ai.mit.edu!friedman From: friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Noah Friedman) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Suggestions for the free Unix projects Message-ID: <FRIEDMAN.92Oct5223325@nutrimat.gnu.ai.mit.edu> Date: 6 Oct 92 02:33:25 GMT References: <1992Oct3.220517.1325@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <1992Oct3.221703.1496@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <BURLEY.92Oct4011851@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <1992Oct4.124453.10061@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <BRUCE.92Oct5110747@suprenum.uxb.liv.ac.uk> Sender: news@ai.mit.edu Organization: Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139 Lines: 12 In-reply-to: bruce@uxb.liv.ac.uk's message of 5 Oct 92 11:09:14 GMT