From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,faf964ea4531e6af X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,43ae7f61992b3213 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public From: hughett@chaplin.med.upenn.edu (Paul Hughett) Subject: Re: GPL and "free" software Date: 1999/04/26 Message-ID: <7g2epv$k11$1@netnews.upenn.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 471159077 References: <7fibd5$jc7$1@news2.tor.accglobal.net> <7fjucn$k4p$1@trog.dera.gov.uk> <7fkl3v$1e2$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <7fl5ac$9sh$1@news2.tor.accglobal.net> <7fl9q5$ab7@drn.newsguy.com> <7foo6s$qbm$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <37209ca6.1133249@news.pacbell.net> <7fudch$hsv$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <3723c38b@eeyore.callnetuk.com> <7g1sdh$nvo$2@netnews.upenn.edu> <7g268b$n1e$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> Followup-To: comp.lang.ada,gnu.misc.discuss Organization: University of Pennsylvania Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,gnu.misc.discuss Date: 1999-04-26T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Robert Dewar (robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com) wrote: : In article <7g1sdh$nvo$2@netnews.upenn.edu>, : hughett@chaplin.med.upenn.edu (Paul Hughett) wrote: : > and C can sue B for fraud. : You mean based on the failure to use the proper licensing : terms. Certainly there is no fraud involved in charging : for the software even if B got it free. This is not only : an acceptable occurrence, it is a *desirable* occurrence : in many situations. I am assuming that B misrepresented the software as their own and failed to inform C that C is free to use and/or redistribute the software under the GPL; then I think C has a pretty good case for fraud. If B sells the software in a convenient form for C and/or with support and hand-holding to get started, WITH correct information about its provenance and licensing, then you are quite correct; this is both legal and a good thing. But that wasn't the situation I understood from the question. Paul Hughett