On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 12:54, Patrick Shirkey wrote: > IMO there are going to be a few rip off artists trying to make a quick > buck off our work over the next few years while the market expands and > in the process making false statements to lure customers. It doesn't > make us look professional if we accept it. Well, since I'm not a developer I don't get to include myself in the we part, and this Ebay ad looks pretty darn ludicrous. Granted he does very little to sell the fact that it's open source, but exactly how is it different from the distributions putting Linux on a CD and selling that for $15? I'm not disagreeing with you Patrick. Not at all. I just think this is to be expected and, given a smarter marketing group and better packaging, could probably be made completely legal. Maybe that's your concern? As I (who has never read the LGPL or GPL license all the through) understand it, I could package up all the apps on PlanetCCRMA and sell them for $15 to anyone who wants to buy the CD, can't I? - Mark
