[olug] Selling PC's with Linux on them

[Bill Eberly]

I don't think there would be any problems with selling Ubuntu preloaded on
systems, even if you're charging for it. Though I personally think that
charging for redistributing free (as in beer) software seems a bit
bass-ackwards, the GPL folks seem to encourage
it.<http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html>

On 4/24/07, Daniel Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
>
> IANAL, but off the top of my head I don't think there are any restrictions
> with Ubuntu or it's derivatives in this case.  If he were adding an
> additional fee for the OS itself then it would be a different matter --
> i.e. if he were out-and-out selling the OS.  If he ends up charging a
> minimal fee for his time and the blank media used that should be ok.
>
> About the only ones that would have a catch are RedHat, SUSE, etc
> distributions that you can't freely download.
>
> As a rule of thumb, if you can go to the primary distribution site and
> download the .ISO image then it's ok to re-distribute it.  And all the
> better if a CD is included so the recipient can re-install or pass it
> along!
>
> Dan
>
> On Tue, April 24, 2007 20:59, Will Langford wrote:
> > I've got a friend who has a fair number of systems... and he sells them
> on
> > eBay, to family, friends, etc.
> >
> > Anyway, he's wanting to install linux on these systems rather than
> > Windows2000/98/XP etc.
> >
> > In particular, he's interested in Ubuntu.
> >
> > I can't recall any limitations on reselling a linux distro with
> hardware,
> > but IANAL.
> >
> > What limitations / rules are there on selling a system with linux
> > installed
> > on it (and distro cd supplied) ?
> >
> > -Will
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