Hey Nik,

I am not sure if the GPL requires that. AFAIK, the GPL requires Linux
Magic to distribute the source code of their webmail when they sold it
to a customer. They are not allowed to encrypt the source, etc..

Furthermore, the GPL requires them to keep the copyright on all source
files, etc..

Last but not least -- customers of Linux Magic are allowed to put the
webmail app on BitTorrent or whatever. Thanks to the GPL. ;-) You may
distribute it for free and they couldn't do anything against it.

It really looks like they used at least our icon set, and I'm not sure
if they are allowed to do that. That might be a direct violation of
another license that was granted to the RoundCube project.

Do you know anyone who purchased it so we can double-check that?

Till

P.S.
I cc'ed our developer mailinglists.

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 1:08 AM, Nik Dahl<[email protected]> wrote:
> I received a sales call from a company called Linux Magic. The message they
> left was vague and gave no information about their company, and led me to
> believe that they were a client, not a salesperson. So I had to call them
> back. This irritated me, but while I was researching their company, I
> noticed that they sell a webmail product called Tuxedo for $189 that is
> based on RoundCube. But they do not offer any way to download free of
> charge, as required under the GPL.
>
>
>
> Is this not a violation of the GPL?
>
>
>
> More information on the product is available here:
> http://www.linuxmagic.com/products/tuxedo
>
>
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