Well, phil. I think the answer is fairly clear. Yes you _can_ take this to a court of law and waste time and money like the rest of this sue-happy society. Or you can read the GPL, or a summary of it, and ascertain what everyone has been talking about in this post. Since the post was directed at this list and not to a list _with_ "legal experience" its only normal that the list would try to answer as best they can.
Cheers. Jason Phil Frost wrote: > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
