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On Wed, 06 May 2009 10:27:59 +0100 Rob Beard wrote: > 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. If the Freecycle admins are happy for people to give away XP CDs (genuine and licensed or not) then I can't see how they could defend themselves for preventing someone from giving away other OSes. Grant. -- 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