Hey there!
I'm writing to say that I came across a piece of software that looks
like it is violating the dvdauthor and spumux license. It appears that
they are trying to hide the fact that they are using them by wrapping
your software in a DLL.
The name of the closed-source software is DVD Photo Slideshow
(
http://www.dvd-photo-slideshow.com). The only email address I can find
on their site is
support@... . The software sells for $60 (!!)
and is highly dependent on the software that it is mis-using.
The software is also violating the licenses of several software packages
as well. I am sending those other projects a similar email. For GPL
packages, there is no source available. For LGPL packages, there is no
license anywhere and there is no link to download the sofware. grep'ing
the installation shows that there is no mention of 'gpl' anywhere.
Project Component License
---------------------------------------------------------------
cdrecord mkisofs GPL
cdrdao cdrdao GPL
dvdauthor dvdauthor, spumux GPL
id3lib id3lib LGPL
lame lame LGPL
mjpeg-tools mpeg2enc, mplex GPL
I may very well have missed other violations. This is pretty freaking
stupid of the company. With such a large number of violations, I'm
wondering if the FSF would jump in to represent all of the projects?
- Scott Fritzinger
Founder and former developer for the gPhoto Project
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