vlc ripoff for 10$

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Postby dionoea » 04 Jul 2005 16:38

lol ! did anyone try to buy it and ask for the sources ? (do they comply with the GPL ?)
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Postby Guest » 04 Jul 2005 16:42

lol ! did anyone try to buy it and ask for the sources ? (do they comply with the GPL ?)
how can they comply with the gpl when they are selling it for 10$?!

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Postby dionoea » 04 Jul 2005 16:44

muahhahaha, hadn't seen this : "Rock solid technology built on the latest GPL code".

to Guest #2: You can sell GPL software as long as you compy with the GPL licensing terms. More info here http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.htm ... AllowMoney
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Postby rsaccon » 04 Jul 2005 19:12

lol ! did anyone try to buy it and ask for the sources ? (do they comply with the GPL ?)
how can they comply with the gpl when they are selling it for 10$?!
Just as a remider: most Linux distrubutions are also sold for some $$

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Postby xtophe » 04 Jul 2005 20:12

Hello,

They claim to provide support and mpeg-la license so that's a good reason to make people pay.
We should by one and forward all the bugs and forums messages :).

I've download the trial version.
In the first screen of the installer after some no responsability crap, it's very clearly stated that the sources are on our ftp and there a copy of the GPL.

This seems like version 0.7.2 and the COPYING, AUTHORS and Thancks files are here.

The only missing stuff are a link to their diff. (Mainly strings and icons, i would expect)
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