Slysoft Mencoder Violation

[MR]

It's not "mere aggregation" as in the very same changes file it says
stuff about "swtiched blah blah over to mencoder backend etc etc"

On 1/21/07, V. Meyers <gpl.violations.investigation at gmail.com> wrote:
> I didn't buy it, I used the trial version. But for the GPL that shouldn't
> matter. Distributing trial versions with gpl violations is not allowed
> either. I did see the 'changes.txt ', but I don't think this kind if usage
> is
> allowed. Or does anyone think this qualifies as 'mere aggregation'?
>
>
> 2007/1/21, MR <mrintegrity at gmail.com>:
> > You really should have read this:
> >
> >
> http://www.slysoft.com/download/changes_clonedvdmobile.txt
> >
> > It explains about the mencoder binary and how it is (supposedly) used.
> > They are still not distributing the source code as they should though,
> > just a link back to the mplayer homepage.
> >
> > On 1/21/07, MR <mrintegrity at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Did you actualy pay for and get a copy of the software? They have
> > > interesting EULA, if it's a gpl violation then the EULA is invalid..
> > > you can distribute a copy to me and I will see if there is any gpl
> > > code in it. If there is not then I will delete it (I have no interest
> > > in such software)
> > >
> > > If you got it on CD did you check that there is no source code on the
> CD?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Alan
> > >
> > > On 1/21/07, V. Meyers
> <gpl.violations.investigation at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Slysoft Clone DVD Mobile violates the GPL of Mencoder
> > > > http://www.slysoft.com/nl/clonedvd-mobile.html
> > > >
> > > > The product installs Mencoder and puts a graphical user interface in
> front
> > > > of it.
> > > > There's a brief credit of Mencoder in one of the help files, but
> that's all.
> > > >
> > > > - No GPL license is included
> > > > - No source code of Mencoder is made available
> > > > - Slysoft's gui modifications are not available as source code
> > > > - Email to Slysoft remains unanswered
> > > >
> > > > What it comes down to, is that Slysoft is charging $ 39 for other
> people's
> > > > work.
> > > > I would like to have the source code of their GUI so that we can all
> enjoy
> > > > this software for free.
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone know how to put more pressure on them? Because they were
> not
> > > > impressed by my email.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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