Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.
Re: That would be public domain
Author: David McCusker Posted: 9/9/2000; 9:54:39 PM Topic: Guido and Richard Msg #: 21093 (In response to 21091) Prev/Next: 21092 / 21094
Todd Blanchard: How would you feel if you released the source code to a product and it was rebranded and sold commercially for real money with nothing other than cosmetic (logo) changes?An interesting hypothetical question.
Has it ever happened? Can someone cite a single example where this happened? I just wonder how serious the problem is. If it happened to me, I might just sell it commercially and undercut the price of the other brand, and thank them for the free marketing. Or I would make it clear the same code was available for free, and thank the seller for the free advertising.
If I give something away for free, I don't see what I lose if someone else makes money from it, as long as they dare not interfere with my own usage.
There are responses to this message:
- Re: That would be public domain, Wesley Felter, 9/10/2000; 12:37:47 AM
- More GPL examples, Eric Kidd, 9/10/2000; 1:25:56 PM
- Re: That would be public domain, Larry Rosenstein, 9/11/2000; 6:44:51 PM
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