Re: [Tuxpaint-devel] Commercializing Tux Paint

[Albert C. <aca...@gm...>]

I really don't care for any of this, particularly if:

a. they remove the Tux Paint name
b. they fail to comply with the GPL
c. they supply non-free starter images
d. they tack on some nasty EULA
e. they mislead the company who is paying
f. they fail to support Linux

Shipping a Tux Paint with alternate stamps and
fonts is no problem I guess, even if redistribution
is prohibited by copyright law.

Buyers of the product should be able to replace
the executable with a modified one, starting from
either pristine Tux Paint or the hacked Tux Paint.
This shouldn't cause loss of any extra media files.

Buyers of the product should be able to share the
resulting images with users of pristine Tux Paint.
Because starter images are not embedded in the
user's work, this makes starter images a problem.

Essentially: don't cause incompatibility, and don't
take away or hide the rights that normally come
with Tux Paint.

Imagine this:

Flybynight Company sells a rebranded Tux Paint
to Disney. They purport to grant Disney all rights.
Maybe they even strip off the copyright in the source.
The closed-source Windows-only result becomes
the "better" version because it has the right branding.
Disney later discovers Tux Paint and sues **you**
for copyright infringement. You go bankrupt fighting.