Nexuiz on Maximum PC cover disk

[cyan]

Are you allowed to sell CDs with GPL programs? ....

i mean u could make ur own program and sell it for lets say 25$ and just thrown in a dozen of opensource apps and that way earn a shit load of money

[Vermeulen]

Apparently it is also mentioned in the Feb 20th issue of PC Mag, but with an error that will be corrected in the next issue.

Here is an e-mail from JeepMcMuddy, who e-mailed me and informed PC Mag

Just a heads up they are printing a correction in the next issue...

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Hoffman, Tony <Tony_Hoffman@ziffdavis.com>
Date: Feb 16, 2007 1:31 PM
Subject: RE: Errata: Current Issue (Feb 20th, 2007) Typo Page 71 "Nexiuz"
To: jeepmcmuddy@gmail.com
Cc: "Rhey, Erik" <Erik_Rhey@ziffdavis.com>, "Louderback, Jim"
<Jim_Louderback@ziffdavis.com>, "Kaplan, Jeremy"
<Jeremy_Kaplan@ziffdavis.com>, PCMAG <PCMAG@ziffdavis.com>


Thanks for the e-mail. Our bad--you're one of several readers to have
pointed this out. We're printing a correction in the next available
issue.

Tony Hoffman
Reviews Editor, PC Magazine
28 East 28th Street
New York, NY 10016-7940
212-503-5259

-----Original Message-----
From: Matt "JeepMcMuddy" Brown [mailto:jeepmcmuddy@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 2:09 PM
To: PCMAG
Subject: Errata: Current Issue (Feb 20th, 2007) Typo Page 71 "Nexiuz"

Hello, just wanted to let you know there is a typo in the fun & games
section of your "Best Free Software" article. You have listed
"Nexiuz" and its URL as "www.nexiuz.com" It should read "Nexuiz" and
the URL should read "www.nexuiz.com"

The URL you have listed takes you to a parked domain page.

Cheers, and thanks for the great magazine, I look forward to each issue.


Matt "JeepMcMuddy" Brown


On 2/16/07, Lee Vermeulen <lvermeulen@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Hey,
> I actually had no idea, but I'll have to check that out.
> Looking at the pcmag.com website it spells (and links) correctly, so I
> hope it's not a problem with all the issues. I can't actually register
> nexuiz.com as it's already taken
> Thanks for the heads up
>
> Matt "JeepMcMuddy" Brown wrote:
> > Hello, I'm sure you already know, but Nexuiz got a write up in the
> > newest (Feb 20, 2007) issue of PC Magazine in the "Best Free Software"
> > for 2007 article. However, there was an issue, they did not spell
> > Nexuiz correctly, listing it as "Nexiuz" They also typo'd the URL
> > showing www.nexiuz.com instead of www.nexuiz.com.
> >
> >
> > Thought you should know. Maybe you want to register nexiuz.com too,
> > as you may get a ton of traffic sent there by pc mag. Currently it is
> > just a parked domain page.
> >
> > Thanks for the great game! Keep up the awesome work!
> >
> > Matt "JeepMcMuddy" Brown
> >
> >

[esteel]

Are you allowed to sell CDs with GPL programs? ....
i mean u could make ur own program and sell it for lets say 25$ and just thrown in a dozen of opensource apps and that way earn a shit load of money

Yes GPL does allow that. After all that also the basic thing every linux distribution does..

[Vermeulen]

Are you allowed to sell CDs with GPL programs? ....

I've had to explain this to a lot of people who e-mailed me, but yes, they don't need the Nexuz team's permission to put it on their cds.
This means you could also sell Nexuiz versions on ebay or in any store

[cyan]

This means you could also sell Nexuiz versions on ebay or in any store

I think im gonna try on eBay

[esteel]

Back in the 1.0 era there have been a few CD on ebay. It was actually a nice cover if i remember right.

[Vermeulen]

yeah i saw a nice german one on there, i was considering buying it just because of the cover and wrapping

[Shoe]

It kinda bugged me when these people at a local business show were selling OpenOffice CDs for $15 and Knoppix CDs for $20, though. I thought about selling Nexuiz copiies at my school's LAN parties for about $1 a piece, though, but that's a nonprofit fundraiser for my class and I really just want to spread the word about Nex

[Psychcf]

I'm going to sell nexuiz CDs online pretty soon, the cost will be just the cost of manufacturing each disk.

[esteel]

Well if you sell it i think you should find a good price. Just selling for the production costs will make it look cheap and often people do not like cheap stuff. If you kinda feel bad about making money you can donate it to alientrap or sponsor some server