From owner-freebsd-chat Thu May 6 14:24:23 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from python.shoal.net.au (python.shoal.net.au [203.26.44.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 400F715181 for ; Thu, 6 May 1999 14:24:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andrew@python.shoal.net.au) Received: from localhost (andrew@localhost) by python.shoal.net.au (8.8.6/8.8.5) with SMTP id HAA22257; Fri, 7 May 1999 07:24:14 +1000 (EST) Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 07:24:14 +1000 (EST) From: Andrew Perry To: David Schwartz Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: RE: copying 3.1 In-Reply-To: <001901be97f1$3ded58b0$021d85d1@whenever.youwant.to> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > It all depends what else is on the CD and whether the CD preparer claims a > 'compilation copyright'. Check their policy, and if you don't like it, don't > buy from them. > > But geez, I got my last FreeBSD cd for $2. I paid more in shipping, but I > could have bought another for an extra $2. How much does a blank CD cost? > And how much is your time worth to copy it? my cd's cost about $50 Australian (for the set) by the time they land at my postoffice. Blank cd's are a lot cheaper. I was only looking at a way to share the cost with another person but I think that someone else has answered my question for me and Walnut Creek may have actually copyrighted their cd's, which would prevent straight cdrom copying. thanks Andrew Perry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message