18 Feb
2011
18 Feb
'11
5:16 a.m.
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/B0040BF44…
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.
-michael
18 Feb
18 Feb
5:52 a.m.
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/B0040BF44…
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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9:41 a.m.
Am 18.02.2011 05:52, schrieb Erik de Castro Lopo:
michael noble wrote:
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
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/B0040BF44…
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
9:22 a.m.
On 18 February 2011 10:16, michael noble <looplog(a)gmail.com> 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/B0040BF44…
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.
GPL is not Freeware. Freeware products normally come with the "..if
you paid for this software you have been cheated.." :) You can sell
Free Software. In fact, you are encouraged to make a nice package with
good artwork and do some business to spread the love and philosophy.
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3:44 p.m.
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:16 PM, michael noble <looplog(a)gmail.com> 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/B0040BF44…
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.
the deception consists of the pairing of this line:
Platform: Windows XP / Vista / 7
with those screenshots, unless they are also providing lin4win or
whatever its called.
3:51 p.m.
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Paul Davis <paul(a)linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:16 PM, michael noble
<looplog(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Maybe it's a Live CD with Linux.
--
Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com
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"In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it,
it would overturn the world."
-- Jelaleddin Rumi
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/B0040BF44…
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.
the deception consists of the pairing of this line:
Platform: Windows XP / Vista / 7
with those screenshots, unless they are also providing lin4win or
whatever its called.
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