Am I dreaming or not???

etheral walker · Post by **etheral walker** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 9:23 am

http://www.luxuriousity.com/

It seems those guys are selling openoffice, blender, gimp, audacity and some other GNU GPL progs ??????????
opensource leeching?

Post by **hellcatv** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 11:23 am

so long as they provide the source (and any modifications) that's cool

they could sell vegastrike if they wanted

etheral walker · Post by **etheral walker** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 12:09 pm

they do not notice anything about the license. More funny, if you go to contacts you will see a yahoo adress. And they don't distribute source code

Post by **dandandaman** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 12:30 pm

Well, for the GPL stuff they don't have to distribute source code ... unless you've bought their product, in which case they have to provide it (to you, if you request it) at cost (or less)

I can see why people might think of it as leaching, but it's perfectly acceptable according to the license .... if you don't want people doing stuff like that, use a license that prohibits it.

Dan.a

energyman76b · Post by **energyman76b** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 1:14 am

Hi,

that is correct. If they do not distribute the binaries with the sources, you are forced to make them available if the user asks for them. And not to everybody. And you do not have to put them up for download.

--->
3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it,
under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of
Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following:

a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable
source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections
1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,

b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three
years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your
cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete
machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be
distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium
customarily used for software interchange; or,

c) Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer
to distribute corresponding source code. (This alternative is
allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you
received the program in object code or executable form with such
an offer, in accord with Subsection b above.)

Post by **hurleybird** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 2:28 am

Even if its legal, it still reeks of cheapness. Even worse is that they try to pass the products off as ones that they made themselves.

Halleck · Post by **Halleck** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 4:59 am

I like how they are careful to acknowledge the trademarks of their competitors at the bottom of each page, but go to great lengths to avoid mentioning the real name of the program they are redistributing for fear that their prospective customers will realize they can get the exact same software for free on sourceforge.net.