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The third result when searching google for 'aspire one ubuntu' (I was looking for help in installing ubuntu on an acer aspire one) is aspireoneubuntu.com
On this website, 9.04 is being sold on a usb stick. I just wanted to confirm the legality of this.
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Tea Glorious Tea!
It's legal. The GPL permits reselling.
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andreasis
They don't charge your for Ubuntu system but for USB memory stick£19.95 is the price for it
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pi4r0n
Tea Glorious Tea!
This is one of the biggest misconceptions about OSS software people have; they assume you're not allowed to profit from its sale. As has already been said, the GPL only states that the source code must be open and modifiable. It never makes any mention of distributing the software for a price or for free.
So in short, yes, they are allowed to sell Ubuntu.
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I agree with the above posters, it's legit.
Ubuntu user since 2005
Canonical sells Ubuntu CDs in its shop.
Most Linux distributors sell copies of their distros on CD/DVD for people who don't have the bandwidth to download them, or for people who want to support the distribution by buying a physical copy.
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aspireoneubuntu.com, will need to provide people purchasing it with the relevant sources (e.g source for anything that is GPL) upon request.
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if it is ubuntu, the sources are one "apt-get source packagename" away.Originally Posted by Xbehave
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More details here:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html
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