Is this a breach of Licence

[Arnt Karlsen]

On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:42:47 +0100, Greg wrote in message 
<4A717927.40803 at salesagility.com>:

> A company we are aware of 

..name it.

> has rebranded vTiger and passed it off as 
> there own software.

..are you whining on behalf of vtiger.com?
You should have used the GPL, which would 
then have made your question relevant here.

> vTiger is covered by the SugarCRM Public Licence and by a derivation
> of the MPL, the vtiger Public License Version 1.0 
> http://www.vtiger.com/products/crm/vtiger-public-license.html

..this ( http://www.vtiger.com/products/crm/vtiger-public-license.html )
"LICENSE AGREEMENT" contract is relevant to gpl-violations.org how?

> Does this allow me to lift the codebase wholesale, stick my logo on
> it and pass it off as my own work, or does this clause come into play
> from the above licence?
> 
> 3.3. Description of Modifications.
> You must cause all Covered Code to which You contribute to contain a 
> file documenting the changes You made to create that Covered Code and 
> the date of any change. You must include a prominent statement that
> the Modification is derived, directly or indirectly, from Original
> Code provided by the Initial Developer and including the name of the
> Initial Developer in (a) the Source Code, and (b) in any notice in an
> Executable version or related documentation in which You describe the
> origin or ownership of the Covered Code.
> 
> greg

..ask your contract law litigator. ;o)

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