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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Brad Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 6 May 2009 11:47:23 +0100 (BST) > tombrough@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Hello tombrough@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, > >> I think offering CD's should be ok as this is a physical thing that >> you are giving away freely. > > I don't know for sure, but even that may fall foul of FC moderators; > Yes, you're giving a physical item away free, but you're *creating* that > thing specifically for the purpose. > > The point of FreeCycle is to *recycle* stuff, surely? > > you could use the argument that the ubuntu cd's or certainly the xubunty cd's allow new life to be given to old computers, that would normally end up in landfill due to not being able to run the latest software. so in essence free software is helping to extend the life of computers, especially given open office 2.4 and above can deal with office 07 file formats. I do agree with tom however, do not push the issue, make a good argument and if they say no we can find another avenue to explore. Paul - -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Support Open and ISO standard file formats ISO 26300 odf http://www.odfalliance.org Next Linux User Group meet :Saturday ** May 9th ** : 3pm, Shoreline Cafe Paignton Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope - Launched April 23rd, 2009 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkoBdDMACgkQaggq1k2FJq2yiACgh/R69QGloI4p7lrVZ5/5Sptu NIgAn1tB2OrYkn00gBN1HdgZX5X//6+E =1Q9i -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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