On Sat, Jul 21, 2007 at 05:06:38PM +0200, Scott Bahling wrote: > On Sat, 2007-07-21 at 16:36 +0200, Pieter Palmers wrote: > > Marco Milanesi wrote: > > >> Hydrogen, gimp, audacity, 7Zip, open office... > > >> http://stores.ebay.it/Prints-of-the-Ages > > >> > > >> Please note the Hydrogen logo on Audacity!! aaargggh :-| > > >> http://cgi.ebay.it/AUDACITY-Sound-Editing-Recording-Software_W0QQitemZ130131897165QQihZ003QQcategoryZ80319QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem > > >> > > >> Is all that legal? What can I do to stop these sellers? > > > > > > I'm no license expert, but IIRC the GPL says that if a software is > > > released to the public (which is the case), the reseller must put a link > > > to the download site or information on how to download it. > > Basically what the GPL says is that you can redistribute the software > > anyway you want to, provided that you also provide the source code. > > > > AFAIK It's also not enough to provide a link to the source code on the > > net. If you redistribute it in binary form, you have to redistribute the > > source code. > > My understanding (from working at a major Linux distro) is that upon > request of the customer you must supply the source. You do not have to > have it on the media along with the binaries. If the customer does not > request it you don't have to provide it. But I can't see why they would > not have the sources on the media anyway.
My understanding (from second grade civics) is that legal action happens in a court of law. Sorry, but I just can't help but notice how a perfectly valid question, "What can I do to stop these sellers?" becomes a stupid discussion about what the GPL says by people with (i'd venture a guess) zero legal experience. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Hydrogen-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hydrogen-devel
