NeoNapster's NeoAudio Rips Off CDex

mydoghasworms writes "There's an interesting thing going down at CDex. Apparently the CDex application has been ripped off by NeoNapster, replacing the logo and adding some spyware and adware. (For those not in the know, CDex is a very nice, very easy-to-use GPL (as in Open Source) Audio CD Ripper). The user comments at download.com make for a very entertaining read."

Comments

Wait, there's more . . .

[SimplyCosmic]

Not only does this company's website point to NeoAudio, which uses CDEx code, but NeoNapster, which is straight out of any of the Gnutella codebases, and is Yet Another Gnutella Client, but with spyware added.

I can't wait for their upcoming release: NeoLinux with the NeoGNOME desktop environment.

Re:Wait, there's more . . .

[unicron]

I downloaded NeoAdAware from them and it keeps attempting to clean itself, creating this wicked endless loop that's murdering my system resources.

In the words of the Trade Federation

[Anonymous Coward]

Is this Legal?
</silly_talk>

Viral nature of the GPL

[jdavidb]

And this is exactly why everyone should be wary of using the GPL for their work! Look how it is going to hamper this nice American business in their attempts to add their contribution to the software economy. These people will probably be shut down, all thanks to the evil GPL. Richard Stallman is a fanatic! Don't listen to him!

Just think: if the CDex developers had used a safer license, like the BSD license, then they would not now be in the unfortunate situation of hindering American business. It's tantamount to terrorism, I tell you!

Re:Viral nature of the GPL

[Anonymous Coward]

Here's a clue for you too.

Might be fun to give the lowest cnet rating ever

[mr_don't]

Similar to the Perlmonks Vote for Paco campaign, this might be a chance to give a spy/adware product the lowest cnet rating ever!!!

Re:comes with the territory

[buzzdecafe]

While we're at it, if you have sex, you're going to get SIDS, so never swap fluids with someone of the opposite sex.

SIDS is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Dude, you better watch out who you're having sex with.

The user comments.

[fognugen]

The user comments at download.com make for a very entertaining read

Yes they do. Especially this insightful gem from Rob Malda - about 35 comments down.

"read the other comments"
they speak for themselves

Thanks for the tip Rob!! I almost forgot what I was doing while reading the comments.

Re:The user comments.

[fobbman]

That's obviously a fake. Not a misspelled word to be seen.

Re:since it is under the GPL

[JonWan]

Just got the source and ran grep on it, the word adware and spyware ain't there. I guess their being sneaky about it.

Re:comes with the territory

[Anonymous Coward]

"You, "sir", are a tool."

I take offense to that.

-sincerely
Maynard.

Re:A little murky here

[Anonymous Coward]

>It seems the GPL community is very antagonistic and overly fanatical to the point of witch hunts. Let's not burn any witches yet until we've without a doubt verified that they're indeed witches!

If it weight the same as a duck, it's a witch. Burn her! Burn her!

Re:Sounds about right....

[thomas.galvin]

.. Isn't that the way all the big boys started? MS stealing from Apple, AOL from Compuserve, etc...

At lest MS, apple, et al had to do some work. NeoNapster is basically
sed /s/CDex/NeoAudio/g *.cc ; make

Re:HAHA

[bwhaley]

Haha check out this post in the user comments.. notice the author. Those dirty pranksters..

Commander Taco 05-Aug-2002 11:17:21 AM ....
"Wow! The best of its kind I have seen!"
This is an incredibly well made piece of software. It completely outperforms CDEX and the SpyWare is only enabled if you request it, and in return, you get 100+ free songs. This completely rocks. Don't use anything but