kiang Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 I've sent the letter to gpl-violations.org[rt.gpl-violations.org #15] long time ago. They, hiisp.com, is still offering compiled program to customers now. So I post it here. --- Hi, all. Sadly that I found another GPL violation in Taiwan. :( hiisp.com is offering virtual hosting services for chinese users. I recently get a request from my customer for moving the website from it to another vender. I found that they( hiisp.com ) did compile the famous PHP application, OSCommerce( http://www.oscommerce.com/ ), with Zend Encoder( http://www.zend.com/ ) and offer the modified version for customers to prevent customers leaving. The modified version they offered which includes many other GPL licenced contributions. I did publish an open letter for them( http://www.osobiz.com/xoops/modules/news/a...php?storyid=102 ) which tell them the violation and I would try to transfer the information here if they don't give good answers. Their answers: 1. They didn't charge any fee for installing the modified version. 2. They didn't charge any fee through the package. 3. They didn't force customers setup their package. 4. They didn't compile all source code. 5. They compiled the source code for efficient. The fact is... They didn't and don't want to offer the source code for the modified version. Any ideas?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozcsys Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Email the info to Harald and let him take care of it. The Knowledge Base is a wonderful thing. Do you have a problem? Have you checked out Common Problems? There are many very useful osC Contributions Are you having trouble with a installed contribution? Have you checked out the support thread found Here BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP!!! You did backup, right?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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