XTCommerce Violation?

C. Grobmeier grobmeier at possessed.de
Sun Sep 10 12:25:05 CEST 2006


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Hello all,

i have a question about the mentioned project.
In the GPL is written:

"But if you release the modified version to the public in some way, the
GPL requires you to make the modified source code available to the
program's users, under the GPL."

The project has it's software licensed under the GPL. They sell support
for 98 Euro. If you don't buy the support, you cannot download the
software package nor the sourcecode.

I have asked the support, they think they are correct with this
handling. I think they are not, cause they distribute the software
"public in some way" and don't use it internally in their organization.

Can you enlighten me? :-)
Regards,
Christian
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