Someone is attempting to sell GnuCash.
John Ralls
jralls at ceridwen.us
Thu Jan 3 09:48:15 EST 2013
On Jan 2, 2013, at 11:35 AM, Geoff Hilton <geoffhilton at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is unrelated to server & e-mail outages or translation problems,
> but I thought it would be good for you folks to be made aware of these
> people who are attempting to sell GnuCash (which is obviously illegal
> given the license).
>
> Here's the link:
> http://www.bestshareware.net/software/gnucash-financial-software.htm
>
Well, no, selling GPL-licensed software isn't prohibited by the license, provided that the price reflects reasonable distribution costs. At $500, he's rather exceeding that. Since Gnucash is readily available for free, this is more a consumer fraud issue.
Here's the whois contact information:
Registrant:
Marker Seven
9288 Beach Road
Silverwater Via
MORISSET, New South Wales 9988
Australia
Administrative Contact:
Seven, Marker bestshareware at ymail.com
9288 Beach Road
Silverwater Via
MORISSET, New South Wales 9988
Australia
002498331988 Fax -- 002498331988
Technical Contact:
Seven, Marker bestshareware at ymail.com
9288 Beach Road
Silverwater Via
MORISSET, New South Wales 9988
Australia
002498331988 Fax -- 002498331988
Perhaps someone in Australia will take it up with whatever consumer-protection agency exists there.
Regards,
John Ralls
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