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On Wed, 2006-07-05 at 13:04 -0400, Curtis Napier wrote: |
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> Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> > On Wed, 2006-07-05 at 09:00 -0400, Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> [snip] |
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> > |
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> > Anyway, I really am starting to like the DVD available via the store |
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> > idea more and more, as it only means Release Engineering needs to do a |
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> > little extra work, and it requires no extra work for our mirrors or |
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> > Infrastructure team. |
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> > |
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> I like this idea as well, especially since it means less work. You |
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> mentioned in a previous mail charging only what it cost us to make. If |
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> it's decided to go with this idea I think we should mark it up a little, |
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> even if it's only a dollar or two. People actually don't mind paying a |
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> little if it's going to go towards helping Gentoo. We get tons of |
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> threads asking about donating in the forums so this would be a good way |
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> to help with that (even if the DVD isn't purchased very often). |
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No, if they want to contribute, they can buy the release stuff. The |
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reason for not marking up the source DVD would be the GPL pretty much |
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says that you can charge a reasonable amount for the work required |
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(media/shipping) to get them the sources. That amount would be the base |
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price from Cafepress. |
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Also, as much as those "threads" claim people are willing to pay, actual |
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store sales beg to differ. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead |
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x86 Architecture Team |
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Games - Developer |
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Gentoo Linux |
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