Well, this is an easy way to make three hundred bucks...

WallyBman

This has to be the easiest way to make $300 with an internet connection and access to a post office. Bit shady though, to put it lightly. But, hey, at least they aren't overcharging on the shipping fees.

Thaed

$10 for Linux? He'll sell them all... Why am I not doing this?

Neito

$10 for Linux? He'll sell them all... Why am I not doing this?

Because presumably, you have morals.

Apreche

$10 for Linux? He'll sell them all... Why am I not doing this?

Because presumably, you have morals.

This is perfectly legal and all the way live. Ask any of the big open source people about selling copies of open source software for money, and they will give you two thumbs up. It is specifically allowed.

Neito

$10 for Linux? He'll sell them all... Why am I not doing this?

Because presumably, you have morals.

This is perfectly legal and all the way live. Ask any of the big open source people about selling copies of open source software for money, and they will give you two thumbs up. It is specifically allowed.

I'm not saying it's illegal, by any means. There just seems something slimy about it.
Maybe it's just me.

xenomouse

I'm not saying it's illegal, by any means. There just seems something slimy about it. Maybe it's just me.Sometimes people feel better about something if they pay for it and get something in return that they can hold in their hands. I know my parents would feel weird about downloading something off a website for free and trusting it as their only means of accessing their data. They would probably feel better about it if someone charged them $40 for it and gave it to them in a box with some fancy artwork and manuals included.

am_dragon

Yep that's right. I bought a boxed copy of Suse 6.0 what 8 years or so ago. That came with support and some nice books too. Getting stuff makes me feel better.

Apreche

This is a good article to read if you want to understand more about why it is perfectly ok to sell copies of open source software.

Omnutia

Linuxcd.org: Because not everyone has broardband.
Telling people they have to download and burn an ISO can be a bit off putting but saying just pay a fiver for a cd seems much easier (even though I will burn linux for anyone who asks).

This is a good articleto read if you want to understand more about why it is perfectly ok to sell copies of open source software.

This gives me an idea. A little searching on google finds the OSSWIN CD which is full of OSS windows programs. I might start giving these out to people I know.
[afterthought] I might try making my own as there is a lot of stuff most people would be confused by. A cd with just things like firefox and co might be easier to get ones head around.

Apreche

[afterthought] I might try making my own as there is a lot of stuff most people would be confused by. A cd with just things like firefox and co might be easier to get ones head around.

There used to be a similar project called theopencd. However, now that technology is put on the *buntu CDs. Try putting a Ubuntu CD in a windows machine and see what happens.

Omnutia

You then end up with the problem of having to retrofit an entire system over to Linux, which usually requires help. A cd of free software for Windows can be used with little to no help.

Apreche

you then end up with the problem of having to retrofit an entire system over to linux which usually requires help. A cd of free software for windows can be used with little to no help.

I don't think you quite understand what I'm saying. Go see what happens when you let an Ubuntu CD autostart while windows is running.