On 09/22/2010 09:05 PM, Abir Sadik wrote: > This is some really serious violation going on, and i hope someone > will do something about it. Some people who really dont know much > about opensource are actually buying from that seller, check his feedback. Wrong. Selling most open source software is perfectly legal, according to the licenses GPLv2: *** You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and you may at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee. * 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: [paraphrased] provide source code with object code or an offer to send it for no more than cost of distribution BSD license is even less restrictive than that - to paraphrase, "do whatever you want, just attribute this piece to the original author (1 copyright line + 10 lines of text)" If they're having any luck selling the software, all the power to them.. though they better respect the license to the letter :P _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
