On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 04:42:22 +0000, Jim Henderson wrote:
On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 03:11:45 +0000, Jim Henderson wrote:
There is perhaps an easier route, though - just ask the seller to see a copy of the license.
Question posed, we'll see how they respond. Looks like in their feedback one person gave them negative feedback because the software was free, the response was "support included" or words to that effect.
Had a nice chat with him - he said he watermarked the images because he didn't want people overloading his server with requests; he thought the images were licensed under the GPL and that it was OK to use them.
He also said he wasn't sure if he was required to state that it was GPLed software, and I suggested that it might be a good idea, just so his customers don't get upset when they find out it is actually available for free. (on his feedback, he had one negative feedback that was that way, but the vast majority of his customers are quite happy)
He does provide support to his customers (said he thought that was "common sense") and said that he contributes part of the proceeds to the project (If I understood, 50% of the proceeds is what he was saying, about $2.50 per copy sold, but I might've misunderstood). Don't know if that's been seen by the project yet.
Seems like a perfectly reasonable guy, the various projects whose software he's selling may be hearing from him (including the Inkscape project) to ask for permission for various things (like the use of modified images on his servers).
Anyways, there you go. :-)
Jim