[XviD-devel] GPL Violation -- GameCam

Jim vannus at gmail.com
Tue Jun 24 13:13:06 CEST 2008


or, put more directly...
http://forums.planetgamecam.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=1781

will fsf/xvid representative get involved with this?

Stephan Assmus wrote:
> ed.gomez at free.fr wrote:
>   
>>> I'm still looking if they released the source. But couldn't find it 
>>> yet. Even if they had, it is not clearly stated where to drag the 
>>> source as the GPL requieres.
>>>       
>> If you look at their soft EULA, in the first few lines you'll see the 
>> user has no right to:
>>  - copy
>>  - distribute
>>  - modify
>>
>> I don't see how their soft license can mix with the GPL for a source 
>> release...
>>
>> For me, they are clearly distributing my work violating my rights because 
>> they sublicense my work with an incompatible license anyway.
>>     
>
> Plus the funny arrangement with the temp files looks like an attempt to 
> hide this fact.
>
> Best regards,
> -Stephan
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