On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 09:55:59AM -0500, Rob wrote: [snip] > > I agree that the guy kinda sucks, but I'm also wondering if > people buying "his" software will, after discovering Audacity's > real identity, get exposed to other free software that way. > > How about a splash screen in the next version that says something > like "If you bought this from someone on ebay, you got robbed!" > the first time you run it? Or, more positively, "For a free copy > of this and lots of other free Windows software, visit > gnuwin.epfl.ch or www.theopencd.org." At least that would force > him to either learn how to use a compiler or stay back at 1.0. > I suppose it depends on how much of a problem the developers > really consider this guy to be. My first post to the list so be gentle, guys. If Audacity were junk, it wouldn't matter if the guy offered it for free. I record bird song and Audacity along with Snd are the only two programs I need to do what I want. They are both great apps. Perhaps if we get by the moral opprobrium of this situation, this situation could be viewed as a public offering of superior linux apps which have also been ported to windows? I doubt this is the last time we'll see this happen. If there is a GPL violation then the guy needs to be taken down. But if he lives within the license then we can't complain. -- Jack Bowling mailto: jbinpg@xxxxxxx
