On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 10:59:09PM +0200, Stefan Peter wrote:
> Yes, I agree with the donationware aspect here. However, when taking a
> look at the site mentioned, I can not help to mention a couple of points:
> o there is no mentioning of the GPL origin of the various enblend
> binary variants offered for download
The GPL recommends that this is displayed on startup, right?
> o there are no version informations of these binaries
Annoying, but legal.
> o therfore, it is not possible to download the appropriate
> source from the official locations, even if those would
> have been mentioned
> o there is no link to the sources used for the binaries
> offered
In the modern world, just putting the sources on your website for
everybody to download is the "easiest" thing to do. The GPL however
was written when "the web" didn't quite exist as it does today.
So the GPL requires that you provide THOSE who obtain (buy?) the
binaries from you with the sources. You can even charge a handling fee
for putting the CD in the mail.
The GPL /then/ allows the customer to put it, modified or not, on the
web. So the business plan of becoming an "enfuse reseller" will
quickly grind to a halt as people find others providing sources (and
binaries) for a lower price (zero).
I've sold collections of GPL software for big amounts. They wanted me
to put things together, have a single "responsible person" etc
etc. And they could've put the whole thing on the web, preventing me
from selling the product again (which I did once or twice at big
intervals -> I had to redo lots of things).
> Again, IMNAL. But you can't hang this developper because she/he asks
> for a donation on GPL licence grounds, from my point of view.
Ditto!
Roger.
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