GooerRDP for iPhone - GPL violation

[Vinz Focker]

Hi!

Company Gooer offers a remote desktop service (similar to LogMeIn et
al.) based on the RDP protocol.
Recently they have released an iPhone / iPod Touch client in the Apple
App Store called 'GooerRDP'.

This app is free (they charge for the service though) and the binary
clearly reveals that it contains code from several GPL'd software
projects:
WinAdmin, rdesktop and CoRD which are all GPL'd RDP clients for
different platforms.

After downloading the app to the Mac/PC using iTunes you can grep for
the rdesktop/CoRD/WinAdmin symbol names and you will find tons of
matches:
Global rdesktop variables, iso/tcp/mcs/rdp layer functions, common
object file names, etc.

Neither in the app store page nor in the included documentation or on
the web site Gooer writes that their product contains GPL software.
They do not make the source code available and they do not include a
written offer to the source.

Of course I first wrote to Gooer and gave them a chance to avoid
public disclosure of the issue but I did not get any answer except
from autoreplies which thanked me for my interest in their services.


Here are some links:

Gooer web site:
http://www.gooer.com

Gooer iPhone page (only linked from the iPhone app):
http://www.gooer.com/iphone/

iTunes Store-URL:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=308568112&mt=8

A copy of the iTunes Store-URL page that does not require iTunes to read:
http://appshopper.com/utilities/gooerrdp


Best regards,
Vinz