From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 16 13:33:41 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE2E337B401 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:33:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pa-plum1b-166.pit.adelphia.net (pa-plum1b-217.pit.adelphia.net [24.53.161.217]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F40D43F75 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:33:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from potentialtech.com (working [172.16.0.95]) h5GKXcOg005059; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 16:33:38 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Message-ID: <3EEE29A2.3030301@potentialtech.com> Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 16:33:38 -0400 From: Bill Moran User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.3) Gecko/20030429 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Valerie Andrewlevich References: <006401c33446$c7ca39e0$6600a8c0@brooklynsax5re> In-Reply-To: <006401c33446$c7ca39e0$6600a8c0@brooklynsax5re> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: free? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 20:33:42 -0000 Valerie Andrewlevich wrote: > I'm a bit confused -- your website clearly states that freeBSD is a free > OS, yet each of the sites that offer the CD charge money for it. Am I > missing something here? FreeBSD is free. The CD is not free. That simple. Once you have purchased a CD you welcome to copy it or install it as many times as you wish. Spending a few dollars on a CD is one way that many people contribute to the FreeBSD project. Or you can download it off the Internet, if you have a fast enough connection or enough patience. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com