Re: [Flightgear-devel] Another person selling FlightGear on ebay

2009-10-22 Thread Erik Hofman
Bob Faulkner wrote: > I believe this person was well within their rights up until they claimed > copyright over the entire work. Even if they have copyright on accompanying > software they wrote to work with it, I believe they are required to license it > under the GPL if they distribute it with FG

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Another person selling FlightGear on ebay

2009-10-22 Thread Bob Faulkner
em.) Bob -- Delusional Mail (http://www.delusionalmind.com) > Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:11:43 -0500 > From: Curtis Olson > Subject: [Flightgear-devel] Another person selling FlightGear on ebay > > > Here's a slightly different wrinkle (maybe) on this whole selling &

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Another person selling FlightGear on ebay

2009-10-21 Thread Leonardo Fabian Grodek
On 10/21/09, Jon S. Berndt wrote: > > Maybe there ought to be a continuous listing on eBay for FlightGear that we > put there, that mentions all the other "rebrands", and prominently displays > the web site, that it can be downloaded freely. The idea behind the listing > wouldn't be to make money,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Another person selling FlightGear on ebay

2009-10-21 Thread Jon S. Berndt
s straight. Or something like that ... Jon > -Original Message- > From: Erik Hofman [mailto:e...@ehofman.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 3:27 AM > To: FlightGear developers discussions > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Another person selling FlightGear on > ebay >

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Another person selling FlightGear on ebay

2009-10-21 Thread Erik Hofman
George Patterson wrote: > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 8:11 AM, Curtis Olson wrote: >> Here's a slightly different wrinkle (maybe) on this whole selling copies of >> FlightGear under dubious premises. >> >> In this case FlightGear is prominently displayed in the ebay ad, but later >> they claim: >> >>

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Another person selling FlightGear on ebay

2009-10-20 Thread Christian Buchner
> The GNU license has been stripped and released with a "no > reproduction, distribution or resale" clause. Well, one needs to order the box and find out. If the program copyright is misrepresented also on the DVD, there is a genuine copyright problem for the seller. If it's only wrongly stated in

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Another person selling FlightGear on ebay

2009-10-20 Thread George Patterson
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 8:11 AM, Curtis Olson wrote: > Here's a slightly different wrinkle (maybe) on this whole selling copies of > FlightGear under dubious premises. > > In this case FlightGear is prominently displayed in the ebay ad, but later > they claim: > > Copyright > This item is copyrigh

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Another person selling FlightGear on ebay

2009-10-20 Thread Victhor Foster
Check this out: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Blender-3D-Graphics-Design-Animation-Studio-Software_W0QQitemZ180388068724QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_Software_Software_SR?hash=item29fff77d74#ht_6467wt_1021 I'm pretty sure I didn't have to pay £6 for Blender when I got it :D --

[Flightgear-devel] Another person selling FlightGear on ebay

2009-10-20 Thread Curtis Olson
Here's a slightly different wrinkle (maybe) on this whole selling copies of FlightGear under dubious premises. In this case FlightGear is prominently displayed in the ebay ad, but later they claim: Copyright This item is copyrighted. Any reproduction, duplication or resale of any kind is strictly