Thanks for suggesting GIMP to TUCOWS, but there are a couple of points:
- The GIMP is not Shareware. It's Free Software.
- The prebuilt "installer" version of GIMP for Windows I distribute
from my web page needs to be cleaned up a bit before it can be
redistributed by TUCOWS or others in a lerger scale; specifically
there is some extra stuff included with an unclear license situation
(for instance some of the user-contributed filters for the
user-filter plug-in), that probably should be left out. Come to
think of it, I'll leave them out from my next snapshots, too. Also,
there is the GIF patent issue.
- GIMP for Windows is not intended for end-users yet, it really *is* a
developer version.
- TUCOWS (or anybody else) doesn't need any permission to redistribute
the parts that are under the GPL or LGPL, as long as it is done in
agreement with the license conditions. That's the whole point of
Free Software, more or less. Neither would I have any power to grant
any such permissions as I certainly am not the copyright owner for
most of the stuff.
- I am not sure that the TUCOWS license agreement is compatible with
the GPL and LGPL. I am not a lawyer. Does TUCOWS distribute other
GPL and LGPL software without legal problems?
--tml
TUCOWS license agreement included here:
LICENSE AGREEMENT
1. I hereby grant TUCOWS - The Ultimate Collection Of Winsock
Software - a non-exclusive worldwide license to distribute my
Shareware, known as XXXXXXXXXXXX (the
"Shareware"), including posting it on the TUCOWS Web and FTP
sites and publishing it on the TUCOWS CD-ROM.
2. I further agree that TUCOWS, or its affiliates, may itself
publish the TUCOWS CD-ROM (including my Shareware), or may
instead license the publication of the CD-ROM to a third party,
or otherwise sell, assign, or transfer its rights to the
publication of the CD-ROM, all without further consent from me.
3. I represent and warrant to TUCOWS that:
a. I have all right, title, and interest in and to the
Shareware and that I have the right to grant the license provided
for in this agreement.
b. The Shareware does not infringe any copyright, patent,
trademark, trade secret, or other proprietary right of any other
person.
4. I further agree that TUCOWS shall have full discretion and
sole control in the production, packaging, marketing, and
promotion of its Internet site and its CD-ROM. I agree that
TUCOWS may refer to the Shareware on its packaging and in its
promotional materials.
5. I understand that TUCOWS has no obligation to continue to
include the Shareware on its Internet sites or its CD-ROM, and
may discontinue publishing and distributing the Shareware at any
time without notice to me.
