[PD] a little ot: creative commons

[Cesare Marilungo]

derek holzer wrote:

> Cesare Marilungo wrote:
>
>> Just to add some meat to your post (even if I'm vegetarian), but what 
>> about those who resources hack an open source software like Audacity 
>> and sell it for a price?
>
>
> Far from a "hack", this is totally legal, as long as they follow the 
> terms of the license. In the case of Audacity, you should be able to 
> get the source code, plus any changes they have made in the source 
> code, on request. One could also sell PD for money, as long as they 
> include the copyright statement, as HC mentioned. I'm about to get 
> involved in a similar issue, where a company is distributing an OSX 
> port of the sound editor ReZound. The user community could benefit 
> from seeing the changes they made to get it compiled.
> d.
>
I know that it's legal to sell GPL code. But there's no copyright
statement on the page. Audacity isn't mentioned at all.

They're selling the binary (windows only) as if it was an original product.

OpenOSX is a different thing. More like a linux distro (with just the
apps). Totally legal.

c.
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