Re: GPL Violation/Verletzung (german)

[Gianluca Baldo]

Hello Georg -
after visiting their site again and accessing their demo, I realized
they are offering a modified version of our GPL package.
Since I don't understand german I am not sure if they are violation GPL
license or not.. 

Regards,

        Gianluca

On 23 Jul, Georg C. F. Greve wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> after talking with the author of PHPAuction.org, it seems this is not
> a GPL violation at all, but a violation of proprietary software.
> 
> 
> Background:
> 
> There is the old PHPAuction.org version available under the GPL, the
> two newer versions are only available as proprietary software. Once
> all customers of the proprietary software have switched to the newest
> version, Gianluca Baldo (the author) intends to release the second
> latest version as Free Software under the GPL then.
> 
> 
> Situation:
> 
> What that company seems to have done is to sell a modified version of
> that proprietary software, so there is no GPL violation involved and
> our interest in the case ends here.
> 
> I have told Gianluca Baldo that we would be willing to discuss
> possible ways of making PHPAuction.org entirely Free Software,
> however. 
> 
> Regards,
> Georg
> 

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