Re: [Hampshire] Unscrupulous salesmen...

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Author: Tim Brocklehurst
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Unscrupulous salesmen...
On Saturday 24 October 2009 22:55:23 Hugo Mills wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 08:44:29PM +0100, Tim Brocklehurst wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> > http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/design-software/again-still-29732.html
> >
> > I think it's worth remembering that the software that we use and develop
> > can still be pirated.
>
>    Worth introducing the authors of the software in question to Harald
> Welte and the GPL-Violations people[1]?

>
>    Hugo.

>
> [1] http://www.gpl-violations.org/
>


I have just pointed the author toward GPL-Violations, but I don't think this
is the first time he's had problems with this bunch of people.

Tim B.

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