Hi Billy, As an end-user I understand your frustration. To make a formal complaint you will need to get involved the people developing XBMC.
Ate you sure that the alleged infringing developer in question has refused to make available the source code with his changes? Where can the readers of this mailing list see it written? It is necessary to know in detail what has changed between the original version and the modified one. It also necessary to gather evidence about his refusal to comply with GPL terms. If this was done through a forum software where the developer can modify/delete any post then it won't likely last long. Hope this helps, Nuno Brito [email protected] wrote: >Send legal mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.gpl-violations.org/mailman/listinfo/legal >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > >You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of legal digest..." > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Today's Topics: > > 1. XBMC GPL violation (Bil ly) > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >From: Bil ly <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Sat Nov 02 22:41:57 GMT+01:00 2013 >Subject: XBMC GPL violation > >There is software, which goes by the name of Vision, which uses the >source code of XBMC - http://xbmc.org/ > >The source code for XBMC is open source and licensed under the GPL - >https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/blob/master/LICENSE.GPL > >The developer of Vision has their own forums at - >http://coinopsproject.freeforums.org > >Now this developer, who goes by the username of BritneysPAIRS (real >name Ken Disson), refuses to release his modified source code as and >when he releases the binaries. > >I have contacted XBMC, but as they are a collection of people who >freely submit there time and effort into XBMC, they cannot afford to do >anything about this flagrant violation of the GPL. > >It is saddening to see someone who is able to get away with this, who >often has shown on his forums utter disregard for the work done by >others, yet who benefits from that same work. > >Can anything be done? > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >legal mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.gpl-violations.org/mailman/listinfo/legal
