On Thursday, July 14, 2011, 19:34:08, Andrew Brandt wrote: > -- Have you signed a distribution agreement with this company? No (but I'm not a core developer - just somebody who happens to provide the most popular installer for GIMP on Windows). > -- Are third parties permitted, according to your EULA, to bundle your product this way? GIMP is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2. The GPL only covers redistribution (not usage, which isn't limited in any way), which is allowed provided that certain criteria are met - specifically, anybody receiving the software has to get the same rights of redistribution, and at the same time also has to be able to get the source code from the same place where the binary was obtained (the source code has to match the binary exactly; it also has to be provided from the same place as the binary, unless the one providing the binary has an agreement with a 3rd party that's providing the source code). Bundling other products is not covered (it's neither forbidden, nor allowed). > -- If this company is distributing this software without your > express, written consent, what steps do you plan to take to put an end to this practice? They aren't (since no such consent is needed), but unless they don't provide the source code, nobody will do anything. -- < Jernej Simončič ><><><><>< http://eternallybored.org/ > If it looks easy, it's tough. If it looks tough, it's damn near impossible. -- Stockmayer's Theorem _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
