Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] - Ebaying Knoppmyth

2005-02-05 Thread Donavan Stanley
On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 17:47:49 -0800, Lonnie Borntreger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Umm. Do you ask your distribution's permission before posting a screenshot? The GPL gives you license to use/modify/sell the distribution, any/all of it, where-ever you wish, without changing the creator's

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] - Ebaying Knoppmyth

2005-02-05 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 04:20:03PM -0600, Michael J. Lynch wrote: Yes it is against the GPL to sell copies of the software, You've been misinformed. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth[EMAIL PROTECTED] Designer Baylink

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] - Ebaying Knoppmyth

2005-02-05 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 02:49:51PM -0800, Alex Harford wrote: Not against the GPL as long as they provide source code if requested. *But* I doubt that they have permission to use those screenshots on that page. Sounds like copyright infringement to me. I wonder if the original creators of

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] - Ebaying Knoppmyth

2005-02-05 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 03:54:21PM -0800, Alex Harford wrote: I looked at the page source, and this guy is using the images from the mythtv site! ie: IMG height=113 src=http://mythtv.sf.net/mc/thumbs/thmb-blueosdone.png; width=150 border=0 which isn't very cool, to use someone else's

RE: [mythtv-users] [OT] - Ebaying Knoppmyth

2005-02-05 Thread Michael J. Emswiler
if anyone here bothered to bid. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Donavan Stanley Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 6:46 AM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] - Ebaying Knoppmyth On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 17:47:49 -0800

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] - Ebaying Knoppmyth

2005-02-05 Thread Loren H. Burlingame
On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 17:13:46 -0500, Jay R. Ashworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wouldn't recommend the solution *some* people implement, which is to return goatse on img requests with referers outside your own domains, but... goatse is the best anti-leech pic of all timefollowed closely by

[mythtv-users] [OT] - Ebaying Knoppmyth

2005-02-04 Thread Travis Osterman
I came across this while browsing ebay today: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7131344272 Is this just in bad taste, or is it against the GPL to sell copies of the software? -- Travis ___ mythtv-users mailing list

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] - Ebaying Knoppmyth

2005-02-04 Thread Marc Nicholas
What on earth makes you think it's against the GPL to sell copies of software? Several companies have business models based on that! -marc On Fri, 4 Feb 2005, Travis Osterman wrote: I came across this while browsing ebay today: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7131344272 Is this

RE: [mythtv-users] [OT] - Ebaying Knoppmyth

2005-02-04 Thread Cook, Garry
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I came across this while browsing ebay today: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7131344272 Is this just in bad taste, or is it against the GPL to sell copies of the software? -- Travis Well, the GPL actually promotes selling of Free (as in

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] - Ebaying Knoppmyth

2005-02-04 Thread Michael J. Lynch
Travis Osterman wrote: I came across this while browsing ebay today: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7131344272 Is this just in bad taste, or is it against the GPL to sell copies of the software? snip Yes it is against the GPL to sell copies of the software, but it's not

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] - Ebaying Knoppmyth

2005-02-04 Thread Jeremy Jones
hi, On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 15:35 -0500, Travis Osterman wrote: I came across this while browsing ebay today: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7131344272 Is this just in bad taste, or is it against the GPL to sell copies of the software? no, the gpl doesn't forbid anyone

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] - Ebaying Knoppmyth

2005-02-04 Thread Cecil Watson
Travis Osterman wrote: I came across this while browsing ebay today: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7131344272 Is this just in bad taste, or is it against the GPL to sell copies of the software? -- Travis Thanks for the heads up. What he or she claims is KnoppMyth R4V5

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] - Ebaying Knoppmyth

2005-02-04 Thread Ian Forde
On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 15:35 -0500, Travis Osterman wrote: I came across this while browsing ebay today: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7131344272 Is this just in bad taste, or is it against the GPL to sell copies of the software? It's absolutely not against the GPL to

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] - Ebaying Knoppmyth

2005-02-04 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 03:35:16PM -0500, Travis Osterman wrote: I came across this while browsing ebay today: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7131344272 Is this just in bad taste, or is it against the GPL to sell copies of the software? It is never against the GPL

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] - Ebaying Knoppmyth

2005-02-04 Thread Fred Squires
On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 15:35:16 -0500, Travis Osterman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I came across this while browsing ebay today: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7131344272 Is this just in bad taste, or is it against the GPL to sell copies of the software? -- Travis

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] - Ebaying Knoppmyth

2005-02-04 Thread Alex Harford
Not against the GPL as long as they provide source code if requested. *But* I doubt that they have permission to use those screenshots on that page. Sounds like copyright infringement to me. I wonder if the original creators of the screenshot have given permission for it to be used. ;-) On

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] - Ebaying Knoppmyth

2005-02-04 Thread Geoff Scott
On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 15:35:16 -0500, Travis Osterman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I came across this while browsing ebay today: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7131344272 Is this just in bad taste, or is it against the GPL to sell copies of the software? -- Travis Those

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] - Ebaying Knoppmyth

2005-02-04 Thread Alex Harford
I looked at the page source, and this guy is using the images from the mythtv site! ie: IMG height=113 src=http://mythtv.sf.net/mc/thumbs/thmb-blueosdone.png; width=150 border=0 which isn't very cool, to use someone else's bandwidth to sell copies of software that is available on the net for

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] - Ebaying Knoppmyth

2005-02-04 Thread Simon Williams
On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 15:35:16 -0500, Travis Osterman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I came across this while browsing ebay today: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7131344272 Is this just in bad taste, or is it against the GPL to sell copies of the software? -- Travis

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] - Ebaying Knoppmyth

2005-02-04 Thread Greg Foster
On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 15:26:19 -0700, Jeremy Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi, On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 15:35 -0500, Travis Osterman wrote: I came across this while browsing ebay today: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7131344272 Is this just in bad taste, or is it

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] - Ebaying Knoppmyth

2005-02-04 Thread Lonnie Borntreger
On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 14:49 -0800, Alex Harford wrote: *But* I doubt that they have permission to use those screenshots on that page. Sounds like copyright infringement to me. I wonder if the original creators of the screenshot have given permission for it to be used. ;-) Umm. Do you ask

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] - Ebaying Knoppmyth

2005-02-04 Thread David Whyte
Im no Apache smart, but you can prevent people linking to images (and other things on your site) by only serving requests that come from within your domain right? Maybe Isaac (or whoever administers that site) should tweak the config abit, saving bandwidth and preventing dweebs like the ebay