From: Scott F. <sc...@un...> - 2007-08-29 17:25:10
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Hey there! I'm writing to say that I came across a piece of software that looks like it is violating the cdrdao license. It appears that they are trying to hide the fact that they are using it by wrapping your software in a DLL. The name of the closed-source software is DVD Photo Slideshow (http://www.dvd-photo-slideshow.com). The only email address I can find on their site is su...@an... . The software sells for $60 (!!) and is highly dependent on the software that it is mis-using. The software is also violating the licenses of several software packages as well. I am sending those other projects a similar email. For GPL packages, there is no source available. For LGPL packages, there is no license anywhere and there is no link to download the sofware. grep'ing the installation shows that there is no mention of 'gpl' anywhere. Project Component License --------------------------------------------------------------- cdrecord mkisofs GPL cdrdao cdrdao GPL dvdauthor dvdauthor, spumux GPL id3lib id3lib LGPL lame lame LGPL mjpeg-tools mpeg2enc, mplex GPL I may very well have missed other violations. This is pretty freaking stupid of the company. With such a large number of violations, I'm wondering if the FSF would jump in to represent all of the projects? - Scott Fritzinger Founder and former developer for the gPhoto Project |