IANAL but GPL v2 does allow to charge for distribution. Is it ethical, lol no, would lawyers care? Probably not
On Sun, Nov 27, 2022, 11:30 PM stevea <stevea...@softworkers.com> wrote: > Yes, thanks much, James! (For linking "Reporting Infringement to > Microsoft"). I do wonder if simply forking and charging money for existing > open-source software is an egregious slap in the face to OSM (JOSM > developers, especially), although I'm not an attorney. So, I'd urge our > LWG / legal-beagles to take a look at this, please. > > On the other hand, if there is something "value-added" to the fork that > justifies charging money, maybe it's OK. > > > On Nov 27, 2022, at 8:26 PM, James <james2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/intellectualproperty/infringement > > > > On Sun, Nov 27, 2022, 11:15 PM john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > You can only leave a review if you download the software. > > > > Both are JOSM, one is a fork which costs money which goes to the person > who created the fork the other is normal JOSM which is free. > > > > Cheerio John > > <remainder redacted> > >
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