free?

[Valerie Andrewlevich]

I am down with a "few" dollars.  However, after perusing a few of the
sites, the bare minimum cheapest going rate seems to be around $30.
Anyone know of any cheaper freebsd CDs out there?   Student rate
perhaps?

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Moran [mailto:wmoran at potentialtech.com] 
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 4:34 PM
To: Valerie Andrewlevich
Cc: questions at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: free?


Valerie Andrewlevich wrote:
> I'm a bit confused -- your website clearly states that freeBSD is a 
> free OS, yet each of the sites that offer the CD charge money for it.

> Am I missing something here?

FreeBSD is free.
The CD is not free.

That simple.  Once you have purchased a CD you welcome to copy it or
install it as many times as you wish.  Spending a few dollars on a CD is
one way that many people contribute to the FreeBSD project.

Or you can download it off the Internet, if you have a fast enough
connection or enough patience.

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com