Arnt Karlsen wrote: > ..moot, he disregards the GPL _completely_ and is hit by copyright > law, plus possibly for fraud, in representing himself as a "fully > licensed reseller." Abiding by the GPL, he would have been.
I should jump in here: your logic is flawed. You might just as well argue taht he *is* a fully licensed reseller because he in in 100% compliance with the GPL. You are taking GPL incompliance as a postulate and then using that to argue that the "fully licensed" clause is a violation of copyright law. But you need to *prove* that incompliance first, otherwise this argument has no meaning. Seriously, folks: this is shady, but it's not illegal. The only problem I can see (which isn't itself a GPL violation) is that he doesn't recognize the copyright holders in the auction. Likewise, we should be sure that he's distributing the full source code (or the required written offer) along with the packages he offers for download. And relax, everyone: he's certainly not getting rich, and he's distributing FlightGear to people who might otherwise not have noticed us. That's a *good* thing for us, ecologically. Just send him a nice note asking that he put a link to flightgear.org in the auction, and make sure he's distributing the source. If he refuses, then let eBay know that he is distributing software without the permission of the copyright holder and refusing to accept the (very reasonable) terms we ask for. And let eBay make the decision as to whether this is legal or not. Andy ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
