I do take the point that using the content of mandrake's site without permission is rather cheeky. And this /is/ not right. Perhaps Mandrake (they monitor everything I say... so they should get this ;) should e-mail the chap and suggest he not rip off their copyrighted descriptions/pictures etc etc.
As for selling the stuff.. I'm still for that.. good on the chap.. as long as he changes the page to not breach copyright. heck.. he should just link to the relevant sections of Mandrake's site .. would be easier for him. I keep saying 'him' and 'he' but could equally be a 'her' or 'she'. On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 13:42, Todd Slater wrote: > On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 07:00:38AM -0600, Steve Jeppesen wrote: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2076592341 > > > > Check out this sellers other items using the "view sellers other items" > > link on that page.... > > > > Is this a person associated with Mandrake or did this person download > > the free thing (or even buy one set of disks) then make copies > > and is selling them? > > > > Hate to find out it is the the latter (not associated with Mandrake and > > is making a buck for themselves) > > > > What do you think? > > > > Steve > > I don't so much have a problem with him/her selling CD's, but I do have > a problem with the blatant plagiarism. Nearly all the text that > describes the system is copied verbatim from the Mandrake website, as > are the screenshots that line the bottom of the ad. I mean, if you're > going to sell something that you can get for free, at least invest a > little time in making your sell a *little* more creative! I would also > be pissed if I found out that somebody was using my screenshot to sell > Mandrake (other than Mandrake) without my permission. Come on, you're so > damn good with it, take your own damn screenshot! Plus, it's only 2 CDs. > > You could read Mandrake's website copyright policy: > > "This website is produced by MandrakeSoft S.A. and MandrakeSoft Inc. with > the help of contributions from many volunteers throughout the world. > Except where otherwise specified, the contents of this site are > copyright MandrakeSoft S.A. Any use of this site's contents on another > website or in another format must be authorized by our webmaster. In all > cases, the use of any content from this site will mention its origin > including the URL mandrakesoft.com." > (http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/copyright). > > The seller clearly violates this policy. > > Just my thoughts :) > > Todd > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Azrael ("\''/").___..--'''"-._ `0_ O ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`) (_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..-' _..`--'_..-_/ /--'_.' .' ((i).-'' ((i).' (((.-' Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with a cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat. ICQ#52944566
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