On Jan 24, 2012, at 17:34, M A wrote: > 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.
There's no (useful) contact information. Moreover, after this behavior I don't feel like giving him the benefit. > 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. As you say, it costs money. And it is certainly not clear that it would possible even after paying, because strictly speaking it should be rejected, even though App Store didn't do that here. > 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). > There's also a small matter of behavior. The fact that, strictly speaking, you;re allowed to does not mean you should take advantage of that. There's no cost in asking, and he didn't. Not even in the most minimal and legally required way. Quite frankly, this freeloading behavior I find the most upsetting, and if we can punish him for that maximally for this by removing it from the App Store I support that. > 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. I don't know much about that. And also the icon is created by a third party, though specifically for us. But I would say that the icon also falls under the copyright. The copyright is also in the about box, not just in the code. > 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 Christiaan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
