From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 19 13:21:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA19585 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 19 Dec 1998 13:21:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from buffnet4.buffnet.net (buffnet4.buffnet.net [205.246.19.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA19580 for ; Sat, 19 Dec 1998 13:21:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from shovey@buffnet.net) Received: from buffnet11.buffnet.net (buffnet11.buffnet.net [205.246.19.55]) by buffnet4.buffnet.net (8.8.7/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA25876; Sat, 19 Dec 1998 16:21:38 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 16:20:40 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Hovey To: Scott Spies cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How free is free? In-Reply-To: <000101be2b85$8d0ae9e0$963fcd98@cryo> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG cause they spend money to burn the cd's - advertise they exist - and to supply the freebsd project with internet bandwidth and machinery to keep it alive and flourishing. Its not a conspiracy - you want it all the way free, download it then! I actually think that ANY business that uses freebsd in their function as a business, should be putting SOMETHING back to those hard working developer guys! My company sent them a check for hardware etc.. and Im probably shamefully overdue to have them cut another one! On Sat, 19 Dec 1998, Scott Spies wrote: > If FreeBSD is so free, then why is Walnut Creek CD-ROM selling it for $40? > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > ------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Hovey Chief Network Administrator BuffNET More Than Just a Connection! ------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message