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Wow, it appears that I noticed an even more glaring issue with this post that regular ebay Terms of Service would pull that auction on... Take a closer look at the first paragraph of the auction description, then take a look at the first two paragraphs of the monowall project description at http://m0n0.ch/wall/ hmm. looks like a bit-for-bit text theft to me.. Now, that would be copyright violations? Ebay author does not credit "© 2003-2006 by Manuel Kasper <mk at neon1 dot net <mailto:mk at neon1 dot net>>. All rights reserved." and source being monowall website? What does Manuel think about this? Denis Dimick wrote: >If you read the license, there's nothing preventing someone from selling >m0n0 CD's on E-bay, for $100 or what ever you could get out of a person. The >only reason I'd even think someone would buy a m0n0 CD would be a slow >Internet connection, would m0n0 even be useful to a dial up user? With an >ISO size of less then 6megs, why someone would buy a copy over download an >ISO is beyond me. > >Denis > > > >On 1/2/06, William Arlofski <waa dash m0n0wall at revpol dot com> wrote: > > >>Jens Jensen wrote: >> >> >>>I know that it's not illegal or unscrupulous to download a GPL iso, burn >>>it to cd/dvd, while only selling the media, burning service and charging >>>a reasonable amount. I do, however, question somebody who sells some >>>GPL(or similar FOSS) software on ebay who does not openly state that: 1.. >>>this software is not his own product - he is just selling a cd/dvd >>>burning service, etc, and 2. this software is freely available by >>>internet download (and be nice enough to mention where) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7190686063&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:1 >> >> >>>What are others thoughts on this? >>> >>> >>I tend to agree with your line of thinking, but I would like to add the >>following cynical viewpoint of my own: >> >>I feel that if someone does not even know enough about the product >>he/she is selling, then they don't deserve to have customers purchasing >>said product from them. >> >>eg: from the link you posted - >> >>Listed in category: Computers & Networking > Software > Operating >>Systems > Linux >> >> >>Ummm, last I checked m0n0wall was FreeBSD, and last I checked >>FreeBSD != Linux. >> >>Sigh >> >>But then again, if someone BUYS a "product" on eBay without so much as a >>quick Google search to locate the homepage of said product, then they >>also get what they deserve. >> >> >>My $0.02 >> >>Happy New Year everyone! >>-- >>Bill Arlofski >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >>For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >> >> >> >> > > > |