[wp-hackers] When shady people resell your work...

[Chloé Desoutter]

Hi,

Is it allowed by the license to remove the original (Dino's) copyright
notice and replace it with their own? Is it allowed to deprive their
customers of their own right to redistribute?



2014-04-09 14:28 GMT+02:00 David Anderson <david at wordshell.net>:

> Have you ever heard of Easy Digital Downloads or CodeCanyon?  We
>>
>> basically use the same business model, which seems to be in compliance
>> with the whole GPL/WP business. Am I wrong?
>>
> Ultimately, all legal questions are resolved by lawyers and by court
> cases. Up until that point, nothing more than hot air exists. I like to do
> a bit of armchair punditry as much as anyone... but none of it changes the
> game being played on the pitch.
>
> I say this as someone with every sympathy. Regardless of GPL issues (and
> all my WordPress products are 100% GPL, whether free or commercial), some
> people will see an opportunity to leech money from your hard work, and you
> need a strategy for that that is more than "tell them they're not allowed
> to". That's an overly optimistic strategy on this side of the end of the
> world.
>
> In my view, the two main safeguards are a) continuous innovation b) top
> quality support. If you keep doing these, then the amount of new customers,
> and the purchases of happy repeat customers, will offset your losses to the
> leeches.
>
> Best wishes,
> David
>
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>
>  Have you ever heard of Easy Digital Downloads or CodeCanyon?  We
>>
>> basically use the same business model, which seems to be in compliance
>> with the whole GPL/WP business. Am I wrong?
>>
>> On 4/8/2014 1:28 PM, Chip Bennett wrote:
>>
>
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