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Re: [TCLUG:10063] RedHat/Sparc mirror



On Sat, Nov 13, 1999 at 04:40:16PM -0600, Christopher Reid Palmer wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, Ryan Hankins wrote:
> 
> > > Couldn't you charge as much as you want? (Not that anyone would *buy* it
> > > from you, but theoretically...)
> > 
> > I think so, as long as you're not charging for the software, but for the
> > media, reproduction, organization, etc.
> 
> You can charge as much as you want. A CD of GNU software once cost
> $5000 for corporations, iirc -- that's a bit more than the costs of
> media. :)
> 
> The catch is as follows: if your client asks for the source, you
> have to give it to them free of charge.

	And, the other catch is, you cannot prevent the person you're
selling it to from making their own copies, and selling it for whatever
price they choose.

Have fun (if at all possible),
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