7 Dec
2014
7 Dec
'14
8:11 p.m.
On Sun, 7 Dec 2014 17:33:46 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote :
On Sun, 7 Dec 2014 10:20:28 -0600, Neil wrote:
Maybe he'd like to get money for the first release of the source code...
But he can't use the GPL that way, because he's already providing the
binaries at no charge. It's explained in the GPL FAQ:
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#DoesTheGPLAllowDownloadFee
"Does the GPL allow me to charge a fee for downloading the program from
my distribution site?
Yes. You can charge any fee you wish for distributing a copy of the
program. If you distribute binaries by download, you must provide
“equivalent access” to download the source—therefore, the fee to
download source may not be greater than the fee to download the
binary.
"
So, basically, the author should stop asking money for the source code
and provide links for downloading it, or simply ask the same amount of
money to download the binaries, so those who pay could release the
binaries and the source code without fees. Or he could simply stop
pretending he's using the GPL license.
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 11:10 PM, Marc Lavallée
<marc(a)hacklava.net>
wrote:
Yesno! The developer of this software seems to have no sane reason, On Sat, 6 Dec 2014 23:07:06 -0500, I wrote:
That's too bad, for him, too. For some strange reason, he decided to
"release" the source as
GPL, without making it unavailable for download,
Oops! I meant "available"... :-) but for example, Fons has reasons to provide his code
and "relatively
sane" reasons that his code isn't used to provide something he doesn't
like. That's a dilemma.
New code should never be wrongly attributed.
No license allows wrong attribution. It's a fundamental principle:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attribution_%28copyright%29
All we can do is be vigilant, or hide in the forest.
Free licenses are clear, and based on traditional copyright laws, or
else there would be no such licenses, compatible with national and
international laws.
I even disagree with Fons' and JFTR he still
provides his source codes. Drawing a line isn't easy to do, humans
tend to ambivalence. Did somebody talk to the coder of this particular
software about the "real" reasons/emotions?
Licenses are logic, to avoid ambivalence.
--
Marc