On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 8:11 AM, Curtis Olson <curtol...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here's a slightly different wrinkle (maybe) on this whole selling copies of > FlightGear under dubious premises. > > In this case FlightGear is prominently displayed in the ebay ad, but later > they claim: > > Copyright > This item is copyrighted. Any reproduction, duplication or resale of any > kind is strictly prohibited. > Software included is either released under GNU or contains our protected IP. > Copyright © 2009 MT Software Solutions. All rights reserved. > > > Is this a problem? Here's the link so you can see it all in context: > > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Flight-Gear-Simulator-2009-for-Microsoft-Windows-Vista_W0QQitemZ180388068783QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_PC_Video_Games_Video_Games_JS?hash=item29fff77daf >
Hi Curt, While I'm not a lawyer, serveral things pop out in my mind. The GNU license has been stripped and released with a "no reproduction, distribution or resale" clause. The copyright has been removed and replaced with there own. If they want to keep the copyright on there own installation program (as an example), then it should read as follows: Copyright © 2009 Curtis L. Olson Installation program Copyright © 2009 MT Software Solutions. The images and probably the text on that page have been copied from other sources. I'm sure the creator of the images would recognise them. The ebay listing also contains watermarks on the images is wrong. It the image was created by them or cited then fair enough. Anyway, those are the most obvious things that stands out here. Regards George The ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
