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> Grant Sewell wrote: >> On Wed, 06 May 2009 09:41:41 +0100 >> Rob Beard wrote: >> >> >>> Hi folks, >>> >>> I'm a member of the Torbay & South Devon Freecycle list and I noticed >>> recently there has been a request from someone for a Windows XP Disc >>> & license key. Now I have the feeling that they have not much chance >>> of getting XP unless someone is willing to give away a retail boxed >>> copy (these are the only ones where the licence is transferable to >>> another machine). >>> >>> Now I was thinking, would it be okay to give away some Ubuntu & >>> OpenDisc CDs on Freecycle? >>> >>> What I'd like to do is promote the LUG and maybe offer a free install >>> of Ubuntu to anyone who is interested but I have a feeling that'll be >>> against the terms and conditions. Just wondered if anyone had any >>> thoughts on this as from what I understand there are over 4000 people >>> on the Freecycle list for Torbay and South Devon alone and I'm sure a >>> few of those might be interested. >>> >>> Rob >>> >> >> Against the T&Cs of what? Ubuntu, OpenDisc or FreeCycle? Certainly >> their FAQ (http://www.freecycle.org/faq/faq/faq_guidelines) doesn't >> seem to prohibit this. >> >> Grant. >> > I thought it might be against the T&C's of Freecycle. > > I'm sure I heard a while back of something like this, someone got kicked > off Freecycle for advertising Ubuntu or something like that. > I didn't get kicked off as such, but they where not happy with me "advertising" the Free Software Day last year. They felt that I wasn't giving anything away. I pointed out that we where giving services and free CD's, but the moderator was still not happy. I did not persue it because basically time ran out. I think offering CD's should be ok as this is a physical thing that you are giving away freely. It seems its still difficult to justify giving away software freely even on a site dedicated to giving things away free. > I might give it a try, getting some CD labels, making a couple of discs > and then giving them away on Freecycle. > > Rob > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html