Hi, Em quinta-feira, 9 de julho de 2020, às 14:18:58 -03, Nate Graham escreveu: > On 7/9/20 9:42 AM, Michael Reeves wrote: > > As current maintainer of kdiff3 I would oppose trade mark enforce ment. > > Unless we have clear proof this is an altered version. I am perpared to > > push out my own free download if noone in this community wants the job. > > That will end the current problem quite nicely. > > Thanks Michael! That seems like a good path forward.
I do agree with Michael. And maybe there is a way take that software away from Microsoft Store. It includes a "Terms of transaction" document as "Additional terms". This part is interesting: === Terms Relating to the Sale of Products AND SERVICES to You 5. Geographic Availability. Product availability may vary depending on your region or device. In addition, there may be limits on where we can ship goods, or provide services or digital content. To complete your purchase, you may be required to have a valid billing and shipping address within the country or region of the Store where you are purchasing. 6. End Users Only. You must be an end user to purchase products from the Store. Resellers are not eligible to purchase. === As far as I know this is against GPL, because it restrict access and distribution of the software. And if we go a little more below we have this: === 12. Software Licenses and Use Rights. Software and other digital content made available through the Stores are licensed, not sold, to you. Applications downloaded directly from the Store are subject to the Standard Application License Terms (“SALT”) available at [https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/? linkid=838610&clcid=0x0809], unless different license terms are provided with the application (applications downloaded from the Office Store are not governed by the SALT and have separate license terms). Software licenses purchased at the Microsoft Retail Store are subject to the license agreement that accompanies the software, and you will be required to agree to the license agreement when you purchase, download and/or install the software. In addition, software and other digital content made available through the Store are subject to the usage rules located at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/? LinkId=723143. Any reproduction or redistribution of software or merchandise not in accordance with the relevant license terms, usage rules, and applicable law is expressly prohibited and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators risk prosecution to the maximum extent of the law. === Since the uploader didn't define a licence in software overview, it will be automatically licensed under this SALT (really a good name) terms. And this is a clear infringement of GPL. Wouldn't this be sufficient to help us? Best, Frederico -- Linux User #228171 Espaço digital: http://teia.bio.br Perfil Hubzilla: http://hub.vilarejo.pro.br/channel/aracnus "Liberdade, essa palavra que o sonho humano alimenta, que não há ninguém que explique e ninguém que não entenda." (Cecília Meireles)
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