krishnakant Mane wrote: Hi Krish,
when people (at least a few) can pay for non-free crap ware which gives them no transperency, why should they not pay for some thing which gives them total freedom to do what ever with the copy they buy. for example if one buys a copy of debian gnu/linux and wishes to make copies and install on many computers he is free to do so and that's right. because "I paied for my copy so I have every right to do what ever I want with my copy".
If you buy a Debian CD, you are paying for the media, not the software, so you are free to make copies. If you buy an RH Enterprise Linux CD, you cannot make copies and distribute the same.
now where does the issue of total ownership goes? so the point should not really be cost. the point should be what you get and what you can do with it. people must realise that gpl gives them every right including copying the cd and installation on various locations.
People will copy and install linux cds if they work and do what is expected from them. At present they don't.
Could you tell me how many PCs you installed with Ubuntu 6.06 can play VCDs with proper sound? Mine does not even after installing codecs and installing gstreamer plugins. I spent some harrowing days trying different settings, different distros, going to bed at 5 am, spending the whole day on the laptop going through google if any distro was up. Still sound is not available while playing VCDs. No company will do all this for a customer. I will simply advise him to buy a legal copy of Windows XP Home and download the drivers from the Laptop's website.
and if there are computer experts in your enterprise, may be even modify the software.
True.
so firstly yes, anti piracy rules must be made strict so people will at least come to know how bad these rules are and what amount of restriction it puts on them. and secondly foss community should stop just talking about cost related issues.
FOSS companies ( Not individual comtributors ) who make distros should make good distros that work in the user's environment, not their OSS labs. This point should not be confused with proprietary issues as the same distro brands have worked in their earlier versions and lower kernels. Does Ubuntu not realise that people will watch VCDs on their distros? Why, Debian 3.1 worked out of the box and played VCDs with proper sound and video.
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