Can I use MP and Skins in HTPC's for sale? (1 Viewer)

ThaClown

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I'd like to know if I can use MP and skins to sell home-built HTPC's.

I know MP is free to dl but what about the skins and plugins? Can I use these as sellingpoints and could I post these in sale ads?
 

jestermgee

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This is funny, i'm watching a discussion o this on another forum for freeware software....

I am not fully sure of the legalities of it but morally I think that if it is free, but you plan to make some kind of profit off it, you should compensate those that have put in the effort to create it for you. Offer the plugin creators and the programmers involved some donations to spur them on.

I'm not sure if offering a free app on a PC is much different than offering a free download.... Plus, you have invested your own time installing and configuring the program so you could charge the customer for programming time, not the software (it's still free)) or offer them a discount in programming if they download and configure themselves...
 

trelm249

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I don't see that it is much different than selling a PC with Linux preloaded.

I assume you are charging for the hardware, commercial software and service(labor, skill and expertise).
 

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