On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 2:42 AM, Fischlin Andreas <[email protected]> wrote: > They need to be stopped. Quickly. I looked into this but find it rather > confusing. Does anyone know about an efficient channel to get to Apple and > make sure the sale is immediately stopped and no money paid to the criminals? >
Would people be so upset if the person put the copyright notice in? If that's the only problem then contact the person who put it in the app store and ask him/her to do so. Are people upset because the person is charging money? Then use the free market and put it in the app store for less (or free). Yes, this will cost someone money if he/she hasn't already paid Apple to be able to do this. The point of the BSD license, as Patrick more or less pointed out, is precisely to let others use the code in basically whatever way they want. There's no requirement (nor, presumably, desire from the original authors) that someone who uses the code needs to add value, share original contributions, or not charge money (though making Skim available through the app store is a minimal addition of value). Personally, I wouldn't like it if someone did this with most of the code that I write, which is why I use the GPL. Code where I only care about getting some credit I release under the BSD. The icon used by Skim could easily be claimed as an unregistered trademark. Although not as strong legally as a registered trademark, it does afford some rights to the Skim developers. It's also not clear whether the BSD license pertains solely to the source code (either in binary or text format) or whether it actually includes something like the icon. Do reviews allow you to put in web addresses? If so maybe someone who bought the app can put Skim's homepage in a review. (I already see there are a couple of reviews mentioning it is a rip-off of Skim). Mark A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
