Re: Pirating Ubuntu?

["Dan Ritter-2" <user=13@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 04:35:42PM -0700, Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote: 
> I have a very interesting and funny question to ask all of you.  Is it 
> possible to pirate Ubuntu?  A friend of mine recently pointed me at a 
> link to Best Buy's website and asked if it would be illegal for him to 
> buy the disc, rip it, and place a torrent online of the item Best Buy 
> is offering.  It is the "Complete Edition", which I am unsure what 
> that means exactly.  See for yourself. 
> http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8888563&st=ubuntu&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1211587312374
> 
> This is a very serious question and not to be taken lightly.  Perhaps 
> if no one can point me in the right direction here, I might have to 
> contact the Free Software Foundation :-)  Thanks!