About those who are selling Linux

Personally I find it odd to see a Linux distro CD/DVD being sold for a really high price. I don’t mind it if it’s basically the cost of shipping a CD or a DVD and the cost of burning a copy because that’s been downloaded from the internet and there is cost in terms of bandwidth. I also don’t think there’s something wrong if developers do sell installers of the Linux distro they worked on if it’s to fund further development of the software. However, I find it wrong if people would sell a downloaded distro for something really expensive when they weren’t the ones who made it and they’re just doing it for profit. Why? Because they didn’t even have a major part it the creation of it, only the distribution. And if there’s not even an added service like tech support or something like that, why bother buying a copy of a Linux distro installer? Just ask someone else who has a copy to give you one and use that one instead.

I don’t know about you but if buying a copy of Linux distro installer is waaay expensive, I’d think about it really hard before getting it. What about you?