9 Nov
2004
9 Nov
'04
11:58 p.m.
Thomas Weidenmueller wrote:
Filip Navara wrote:
True, it's illegal to misrepresent the origin and remove copyright
information. I haven't seen the released binaries, so I reacted only
based on the information in the mails...
Regards,
Filip
AFAIK they actually don't violate the GPL as
long as they will send
the source code on request (see GPL section 3). This doesn't mean
that we shouldn't mail them and clear out the situation though...
But i really doubt it's legal to remove copyright information.
Remember, we still own the copyright, we just permit others to use the
sources as the license says. Which, as I understand it, implies they
must not remove copyrights, neither from binaries nor from sources. We
don't have access to the sources but they changed all copyright
information in the file properties of the binaries. What they do is
not just insolent (by not giving credit to the real creators) but also
illegal.