I bought a new laptop with Ubuntu preinstalled from Dell Brazil. Dell Brazil is now charging me explicitly on my invoice for Ubuntu, is that legal?
Link contains a copy of my invoice and a copy of official chat with Dell
I bought a new laptop with Ubuntu preinstalled from Dell Brazil. Dell Brazil is now charging me explicitly on my invoice for Ubuntu, is that legal?
Link contains a copy of my invoice and a copy of official chat with Dell
Software that is licensed with GPL, such as "GNU/Linux Ubuntu", is granted the following four freedoms:
Which means Dell cannot charge for a "license fee". What they may is charge you to cover their expenses and "workload" to perform a proper installation, but they would have to inform you about the price before doing so.
Please deliver evidence in written, such as invoice or receipt, to verify if your allegation is compatible to Dells official practice.
Please also double-check the following facts:
After that please answer the following questions on how the license was violated:
Then you can address your claim on a license violations of the GPL to GNU.org, the Free Software Foundation or GPL Violations directly, including the answers of the fact-list including the copy of the evidence.