From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 28 23:02:51 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A69E41065674 for ; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:02:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-313.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-313.bluehost.com [67.222.54.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6B6218FC14 for ; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:02:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 19278 invoked by uid 0); 28 Feb 2010 23:02:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by cpoproxy3.bluehost.com with SMTP; 28 Feb 2010 23:02:50 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=gnqhL2uBTuczNyZ2Ih4zHep+aFSuKvVlrPCgQxpbqeQIO32YzcC9+AatnHtuSwB0qmryZriwhS59W2/bJL+s/F3I2V9WnubIjAFFOrff54VTfE2q21Bu3m/r/l/0WROQ; Received: from 63-253-113-170.ip.mcleodusa.net ([63.253.113.170] helo=kukaburra.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nls9x-0000rD-5Q for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:02:50 -0700 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:02:58 -0700 Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:02:58 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions Message-ID: <20100228230258.GB2527@guilt.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions References: <2e8230611002261650oe500cb9qa9b52336e4e717bf@mail.gmail.com> <4B88D0BB.201@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20100228015627.GA5609@guilt.hydra> <4B8A4F29.4070106@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20100228114342.GA53691@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> <4B8A5ABC.4060804@infracaninophile.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="PmA2V3Z32TCmWXqI" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B8A5ABC.4060804@infracaninophile.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 63.253.113.170 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: selling freebsd cd for profit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:02:51 -0000 --PmA2V3Z32TCmWXqI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 11:59:56AM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote: >=20 > On 28/02/2010 11:43:42, Erik Trulsson wrote: > > The difference is that when you just give a link to a well-known site > > you have no guarantees that they will keep the source for that > > particular version of the software in question for as long as needed. >=20 > Uh -- so what? Until the download site disappears, there's no problem. > If it does disappear, then /obviously/ you have to make alternative > arrangements. But that is a bridge that doesn't need to be crossed > until you've reached it. Actually, a couple of Linux distribution projects have been threatened with lawsuits for referring to upstream sources, even while the sources were still there, because those projects were identified by the people making such threats as commercial enterprises. Probably the highest profile instance was MEPIS. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --PmA2V3Z32TCmWXqI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkuK9iIACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKXwXgCfaiSj4OMGKMyylUB4JDtfy3BG VRgAmwQeNPPs7r5okDXyH1PQhiXd/3BH =YoL0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --PmA2V3Z32TCmWXqI--