-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sorry I'm no lawyer, but I think the LGPL does permit the advertisement and sale of the software. The following only says in the *copy* all license information must be replicated.
"1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Library's complete source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the notices that refer to this License and to the absence of any warranty; and distribute a copy of this License along with the Library." It is more a general business failure to not mention under what license they actually do offer the "product". but that seems standard practice in the software industry. If you want to shut them down you best make a test-purchase and see if they provide the correct license. If we really want to shut them down we all make a test purchase and will return the product within the six weeks. I think the following covers their but by providing the 8 weeks warranty. "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." In any case they need to abide by "8. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, link with, or distribute the Library except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt otherwise to copy, modify, sublicense, link with, or distribute the Library is void, and will automatically terminate your rights under this License. However, parties who have received copies, or rights, from you under this License will not have their licenses terminated so long as such parties remain in full compliance." Although one could argue that the price for 8 weeks is highly over the top. There is also a contradiction between the claim "Risk-Free, 8 weeks 100% Money-Back Guarantee" and the claim on the CC page "ClickBank will, at its option, replace or repair any defective product within eight weeks from the date of purchase. For more detail see our return policy." I also wonder where I have seen this packaging design before. It looks like MS Office but I can't find it there as a current packaging. I'm sure it is copied from somewhere and that would mean copyright violation. So get the MS lawyers on the job. I find it also interesting that it is clickbank itself, a business that normally organizes affiliate networks offering this "product". Question: What do you think, should we use the power of the blogosphere to expose their deeds? Or would that bring them more eyeballs than they deserve. Kaj André Wyrwa wrote: > Hi, > > Neville Daniels wrote: >> Dear Sir/Madam >> >> Is http://www-openoffice.com authorised to sell OpenOffice? > > Funny. > > There are just too many smart asses out there. > > They surely have the right to take money for that. Morally, it's even > justifyable that they have themselves paid for the 8 weeks included > support that they offer. Though it's odd that at the same time they > offer 8 weeks money back warranty, so one could buy it, make use of the > support and then return the product? > > However, the one thing that concerns me here... does the LGPL not > require mention of the original authors? And does it not require > publishing the source? I can't find any reference to OOo on the page nor > any mention of the source. But i might just be under a wrong impression > concerning what the LGPL actually sais. > > André. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://conficio.blogspot.com/ ================================================ | We teach software one screencast at a time | ================================================ http://www.conficio.com/ Tel: +1 (781) 632 5773 - Fax: +1 (781) 207 9159 Conficio P.O.Box 761062, Melrose, MA 02176 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (MingW32) iD8DBQFE1LQcRDUvrJRNjTARAt/XAJ9JMarXoWxhapzj/2O8bRYWRmONTgCfd16a bpgDhe+HAIor7iJXG0GFyyg= =VjU0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
