[LAU] amazon reseller of floss audio software?

[Hartmut Noack]

Am 18.02.2011 05:52, schrieb 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.

This may be formally correct but on the other hand:

These resellers are definately ripping off people by making bizarre 
promises and simple lies. In that they are oridinary cheaters and they 
abuse the good names of free software to illustrate their crude swindle.

So to say, they would do "nothing wrong" seems kind of ahhhrrmmmm... 
un-adeaquate to me.


Best regards

HZN

>
> 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