Re: [Gimp-user] QUESTION OF ETHICS

2012-05-10 Thread Kevin Cozens
On 12-05-10 06:06 PM, Daniel Smith wrote: It's like when I wanted to install Ubuntu, eventually I figured out how to download and burn a disk image, but in the meantime I had to buy a burner for 33 bucks. But back when I didn't have a burner or didn't readily know how to burn it I bought a Ubuntu

Re: [Gimp-user] QUESTION OF ETHICS

2012-05-10 Thread Daniel Smith
Well, I looked at some of the auctions of Gimp there, and one was for 99 cents, others for like 4 bucks highest i saw was 20 dollars. Some of these sales are packages including open office, etc. It's basically the price to get a version burned to a cd. It's like when I wanted to install Ubuntu, eve

Re: [Gimp-user] QUESTION OF ETHICS

2012-05-10 Thread Jay Smith
On 05/10/2012 04:26 PM, Russ Marshall wrote: Can anyone explain to me why GIMP allows their “FREE” software to be SOLD on eBay? There are those of us who have been cheated by sellers who, when you win the auction send you the URL for GIMP web page where you may download it for free I have com

Re: [Gimp-user] QUESTION OF ETHICS

2012-05-10 Thread Jernej Simončič
On Thu, 10 May 2012 16:26:20 -0400, Russ Marshall wrote: > Can anyone explain to me why GIMP allows their “FREE” software to be SOLD on > eBay? Because the GPL license does not limit the freedom to sell the software. -- < Jernej Simončič ><><><><>< http://eternallybored.org/ > ___

Re: [Gimp-user] QUESTION OF ETHICS

2012-05-10 Thread Chris Mohler
On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Russ Marshall wrote: > Can anyone explain to me why GIMP allows their “FREE” software to be SOLD on > eBay? There are those of us > who have been cheated by sellers who, when you win the auction send you the > URL for GIMP web page where > you may download it for f

[Gimp-user] QUESTION OF ETHICS

2012-05-10 Thread Russ Marshall
Can anyone explain to me why GIMP allows their “FREE” software to be SOLD on eBay? There are those of us who have been cheated by sellers who, when you win the auction send you the URL for GIMP web page where you may download it for free I have complained to eBay but they will not do anything