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6 Sep 2024 21:19:35 EDT (-0400)
  Re: So linux actually costs $40  
From: Eero Ahonen
Date: 8 Oct 2008 10:07:59
Message: <48ecbebf$1@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
> 
>   Actually nothing would stop me from making a linux distro and start
> selling it for $1000 per piece if I want. It's completely legal and
> conforms to the GPL license.

You might stand a chance...

>   (Of course expecting anyone to actually buy it is a bit hopeless given
> that I must distribute the sources on demand.)

...because IIRC you don't need to distribute *binaries* on demand (just
sources), so the price would actually be from compiling the stuff.

-- 
Eero "Aero" Ahonen
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