Re: [sword-devel] Distribution of CrossWire software

2006-03-10 Thread Jonathon Blake
On 3/11/06, Kahunapule Michael Johnson wrote: >Crosswire may not be 100% clean with respect to copyright violations, I know that some Crosswire modules have serious copyright issues. [Somebody else is supposed to be verifying the status of the modules.] >Is filing lawsuits against someone who

Re: [sword-devel] Distribution of CrossWire software

2006-03-10 Thread Kahunapule Michael Johnson
Jonathon Blake wrote: ThinkAll .. do not believe that they will agree to bring their distribution practice into conformance with the requirements of the law or with what they are permitted to do under the GPL. This is where The Sword Project can use the services

Re: [sword-devel] Distribution of CrossWire software

2006-03-10 Thread Jonathon Blake
DM Smith wrote: > While I will grant that selling on ebay is not necessarily out of line with > the GPL, it may be out of line. One issue that _all_ FLOSS software has, is that vendors do, and will sell the programs thru normal retail outlets, without providing any indication that the program i

Re: [sword-devel] Distribution of CrossWire software

2006-02-12 Thread DM Smith
Here is yet another report of Sword distribution. Original Message Subject:[sword-support] Illegal selling of the sword project Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 11:52:36 - From: la004g3874 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: SWORD Support Volunteers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAI

Re: [sword-devel] Distribution of CrossWire software

2006-02-11 Thread Chris Little
I don't really have a problem with the eBay guy. He's not doing much different from what Troy does by offering CDs from the website. Think All is a different matter altogether. I had meant to contact them about a week ago and finally did so just now. Their copyright and license violations are