Re: Is fultus.com illegally selling Freebsd Handbook?

> >I found this website: http://www.fultus.com/free/documentation.phtml
> >They have the older version of 4.6 handbook for free to download, and
free
> >HTML version which is exactly the same on freebsd. But they charge 35 for
> >the PDF that is freely downloadable from free.org and $25 for the CHM.
> >
> >Is selling somebody's free book for a fee illegal?
>
> That depends on the license on the original. In the case of
> the Handbook, the license is at
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/LEGALNOTICE.html
>
> This license allows anyone to distribute and sell 'compiled forms'
> of the Handbook as long as the notice is reproduced in documentation.
>
> (The only thing I don't see is permission to sell hardcopy
> versions of the Handbook)
>
> Arnoud
>
> --
> Arnoud Engelfriet, Dutch & European patent attorney - Speaking only for
myself
> Patents, copyright and IPR explained for techies:
http://www.iusmentis.com/


1.. Redistributions of source code (SGML DocBook) must retain the above
copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer as
the first lines of this file unmodified.

2.. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs, converted
to PDF, PostScript, RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above
copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.



Where do you see SELL/ReSELL in the above statment?
It only says it allows redistributions, not saying for a fee. It is like
selling Open Source Codes for a fee.


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