Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP RENAMED and sold on eBay
Hi, Mike Meyer wrote: Actually, the GPL says for a charge no more than your cost of physically performing the source distribution, without a word about the cost of the media. In particular, this leaves the issue of what you charge for the *time* taken to make the distribution. If you farm out burning CD's for the binary to a mass duplication facility, but do the source distribution by hand, it's even possible to charge more for the source distribution than you do for the binary distribution, because the difference in copying methods leads to a difference in cost. Interesting. I have this image of someone hand-copying the source code to paper, then re-checking it, then posting it, and charging $25 an hour. :) Cheers, Dave. -- David Neary, Lyon, France E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CV: http://dneary.free.fr/CV/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
RE: [Gimp-user] GIMP RENAMED and sold on eBay
On 12-Feb-2005 steve hudson wrote: You will be pleased to know the GIMP is making handsome profits for this eBay pirate with no reference to the real name: And other softwares on the same page are freeware and probably under copyright! He uses also the Ebay logo on the CDs... Do you have send an email to eBay Australia? His website does not exist now... -- regis ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP RENAMED and sold on eBay
On Sat, Feb 12, 2005 at 05:59:29PM +0800, steve hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You will be pleased to know the GIMP is making handsome profits for this eBay pirate with no reference to the real name: It might shock you, but it's completey legal, at least in most jurisdictions. The (GPL) license puts some requirements on distribution, but you don't have to mention the terms in the advertising for it, nor must it be distributed for free. free refers to the terms that source code is distributed at no extra charge and with full modification rights, not to the actual price. (see the GPL FAQ at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html for more info) It is possible that those two fail to fulfill the licensing requirements, but to know that you must buy the software and check. -- The choice of a -==- _GNU_ ==-- _ generation Marc Lehmann ---==---(_)__ __ __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] --==---/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / http://schmorp.de/ -=/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ XX11-RIPE ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP RENAMED and sold on eBay
Hi, steve hudson wrote: i think you'll find somewhere in GPL you cant distribute it under another name and have no reference to GPL on the site You're getting copyright (the licence) and trademarks (the name) mixed up. There is nothing preventing me from releasing what's in GIMP CVS as Dave's Paint Program. I must release it under the GPL. That means, I must include a file with the GPL in the package I sell you. You can then request the source code, which I must provide to you, charging no more than the cost of the media it comes on. and if this is the way GPL works you need to seriously rethink it It's been pretty well thought out before. Cheers, Dave. -- David Neary, Lyon, France E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CV: http://dneary.free.fr/CV/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP RENAMED and sold on eBay
On Sat, Feb 12, 2005 at 05:53:57PM +0800, steve hudson wrote: You will be pleased to know the GIMP is making handsome profits for this eBay pirate with no reference to the real name: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=43454item=3873402992 userID freashlearning where do you report this to??? Can someone do it for me I am just passing thru whenever this has happened before, the suggestion was always to tell ebay about it. ebay actually has more to work with to prevent this from happening than the gpl does. http://pages.ebay.com.au/help/contact_inline/index.html might be the place to start. carol ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
