[LAU] amazon reseller of floss audio software?

[Erik de Castro Lopo]

michael noble wrote:

> hi all,
> 
> Phoronix pointed out that an Amazon seller called Butterfly Media was
> reselling some floss projects like scribus and inkscape. I just checked out
> their "product" on amazon and found this:
> 
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Butterfly-Media-Music-Editing-Tool-kit/dp/B0040BF442/ref=pd_sim_sbs_sw_h__4
> 
> From the product description, it seem they are trying to sell mixxx. Then
> again, the screenshots clearly show Ardour, LMMS and mixxx. Whichever way,
> it seems some questionable business is going on.

As long as they abide by the licenses, they are doing nothing wrong.

It should however be noted that for all GPL and LGPL binaries they must
either supply the source code on the same disk or include (on the disk)
a written offer to provide the source code.

Erik
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