From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jul 7 21:36:14 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts13.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2724E37B405 for ; Sat, 7 Jul 2001 21:36:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from matt@gsicomp.on.ca) Received: from xena.gsicomp.on.ca ([64.228.155.124]) by tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.16 201-229-121-116-20010115) with ESMTP id <20010708043607.KBIZ7196.tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net@xena.gsicomp.on.ca> for ; Sun, 8 Jul 2001 00:36:07 -0400 Received: from hermes (hermes.gsicomp.on.ca [192.168.0.18]) by xena.gsicomp.on.ca (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f684XUA35975 for ; Sun, 8 Jul 2001 00:33:30 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from matt@gsicomp.on.ca) Message-ID: <018601c10767$5d70e430$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> From: "Matthew Emmerton" To: References: <3B47DA2F.D417E048@softweyr.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 00:35:06 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Richard Hodges wrote: > > > > Sure, no argument there. Taking Wes' suggestion, maybe there is an > > opportunity in the "official" distribution distinction. How about a > > "certificate of authenticity" which costs the vendors $1 or $2 (or > > whatever), and shows the customer that their choice of vendors helped > > FreeBSD financially. Incidentally, this certificate might also be a > > selling point for those twisted individuals that just don't understand > > free software :-) > > Now that's an idea, but it raises problems with shipping the "certificates" > across national borders, causing import duties, etc. Maybe if we made > the certificates in PostScript or even fig files. ;^) I'm not sure how much of a difference the "certificate" would make, as far as import duties goes. I live in Canada (Toronto, Ontario), and accoriding to new rules that came into effect on Jan 1/2001, my CDs (which are considered "computer programs, electronic media") are now subject to 5% duty, 7% GST, 8% provincial tax, plus a $5.00 handling charge by Canada Post. (So much for NAFTA!) So on a USD$30 set of CDs (CAD$45), that works out to be about $15 in taxes and fees due to the classification. I don't see how a "certificate" would change that for the worse. (Well, unless the discs started being shipped via UPS. Then I'd get dinged for a $20 handing fee instead of $5.) For those in Europe or Australia, I'm not sure what the import rules are, but I'm sure they already have to pay some sort of import duties, and I don't see how the inclusion of a certificate would change that for the worse. I do like the idea of a "certificate", but unless it's flashy like MS's, it might not make much of a difference to management. -- Matt Emmerton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message