Re: [Hampshire] Unscrupulous salesmen...

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Author: Tim Brocklehurst
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Unscrupulous salesmen...
On Saturday 24 October 2009 20:59:30 Brad Rogers wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:44:29 +0100
> Tim Brocklehurst <timb@???> wrote:
>
> Hello Tim,
>
> > I came across this thread this afternoon, and thought that it was
> > worth bringing to everyone's attention. Essentially, an unscrupulous
> > company has taken the Freship project, removed all references to the
> > GPL, and put their own name on it, and are now selling it.
>
> If only they'd left the GPL references in place. Then, it wouldn't be
> legally wrong. Morally so, of course.....
>


Hmmm, theft of IPR as well? I agree that the GPL allows you to resell other's
work, but it must be clear that that is all you're doing.

Just worth being aware of.

Tim B.
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