[Flightgear-devel] Another person selling FlightGear under dubious pretenses

[Thomas Charron]

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 9:25 PM, Arnt Karlsen <arnt at c2i.net> wrote:
>> So, let's look at what actions should be taken.  Given that I am not a
>> copyright owner, I have nothing at stake beyond community membership.
> ..me neither.  ;o)

  Actually, he's got a lot more at stake.  Namely, if he is not
complying with the license, then he has no license.  So any money made
is at state, plus potential punative damages.

>> Regarding flightgear, I am still trying to connect the dots on how we
>> can be sure there is a GPL violation.
> ..aye, first I'd like to carry on find and verify such verifiable
> facts.

  This is VERY simple.  Is there a written offer to get the source
code required to rebuild the application as they ship it?  Yes, or no.
 *all* the source code.  If no, then they have sold products.  While I
am not a lawyer, obviously, this is pretty straitforward in a case of
blatant repackaging and re-branding.

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-- Thomas