Selling Free Software Some views on the ideas of selling exceptions to free software licenses, such as the GNU GPL are also available. Many people believe that the spirit of the GNU Project is that you should not charge money for distributing copies of software, or that you should charge as little as possible — just enough to cover the cost. This is a misunderstanding. Actually, we encourage people who redistribute free software to charge as much as they wish or can. If this seems surprising to
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Chapter 1 Questions What is free software? List three characteristics of free software.Free software is code that is available for free to everyone, but it is also free in the sense that it can be used and altered freely to the user's desires. It is free to be studied, redistributed, and modified. Why is Linux popular? Why is it popular in academia?Due to the operating system's distribution among universities, students were able to become used to it's sophisticated developing environment
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General Public License POS/355 Professor Fischer Jaquetta Meyers General Public License POS/355 Professor Fischer Jaquetta Meyers 1 The GNU or the General Public License was created by Richard Stallman in 1989. The program was started in 1984 to develop operating systems that were similar to UNIX. He thought in order to protect software from being made proprietary; it was he who made it a derivative of copyright law that serves “the opposite of its usual purpose”. ("Gnu
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Free Software Issues Questions: Discussion Thread: "Free Software" Consider the "Free Software" approach advocated by Richard Stallman and others (see Section 4.6 of Gift of Fire). Do you think this approach should be adopted? Why or why not? How do you think the Free Software approach would affect the quantity and quality of software that would be produced? Would the current funding methods for free software is sufficient? Why or why not? Are there other modifications of the current
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Assignments: * Sobell, Chapter 1: Welcome to Linux * Sobell, Chapter 2: Installation Overview * Sobell, Chapter 3: Step-by-Step Installation * Sobell, Chapter 9: The Bourne Again Shell * Sobell, Chapter 11: System Administration: Core Concepts * Sobell, Chapter 16: Administration Tasks Chapter 1: Welcome To Linux 1. What is free software? List three characteristics of free software. Free Software is a matter of liberty, not price. Three characteristics of free software are
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Date Your Name Your Address City, State Zip Collection Agency Collection Agency Address City, State Zip Re: Acct # XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX To Whom It May Concern: I am sending this letter to you in response to a notice I received from you on (date of letter). Be advised, this is not a refusal to pay, but a notice sent pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 USC 1692g Sec. 809 (b) that your claim is disputed and validation is requested. This is NOT a request for "verification"
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Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and other laws that apply to debt collectors. This paper will provide information about how to stop calls from collectors and how to correspond with them about your account or to dispute a collection action. This paper also explain one’s right to privacy, and how debt collection efforts may affect your job, your credit report, even information in your medical files. This paper will also reflect from the business owner’s aspect and how debt collection agencies
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& Debtors: Rights & Remedies Creditor and debtor fulfill very different roles, and both have their own respective risks and obligations, along with their own personal rights, protections, and remedies. Unfair, deceptive, or abusive debt collection tactics are fairly common, so the federal government has enacted laws specifically for consumer protection. Although these protections are in place for the debtor, the creditor is not exactly at a disadvantage. Just as the debtor has the right
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case more than likely will be dismissed. 26.7 Fair Debt Collection In reviewing the facts of the case, here is what we know: Mr. Juras was a student at Montana State University. He took out student loans to help pay for his tuition from the school. At the end of his time with the school, he had an outstanding balance of over $5000. Mr. Juras would later default on these loans. The school would then sell the debt to Aman Collection Services. Aman would win judgment against Mr. Juras, which he
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12-7 An implied warranty is one that derives by implication or inference because of the circumstances of a sale. In an action based on breach of implied warranty it is necessary to show that an implied warranty existed and that the breach of the warranty proximately caused the damage sustained. An implied warranty of merchantability, is a warranty that goods being sold or leased are reasonably fit for the general purpose for which they are sold or leased, are properly packaged and labeled, and
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