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P2P vs. The Clones

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hidden-payloads dept.

smash writes "Rebranding software then loading it with spyware and adware (or just selling it for profit) has become a recent trend with oversea individuals trying to make a few bucks. We all remember the KaZaA Gold, don't we? Shareaza, which recently went open source under the GPL, has been subject to a similar type of theft by a company going by the name RockSoft Development. Surprisingly enough, their software labelled as 'Go Music' hasn't been pulled from C|Net's Download.com after more than a week."

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  1. Hahaha.... by Izago909 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You can never go bankrupt betting on the ignorance of average PC users.

  2. Fake user opinions on CNET by brokencomputer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Those user opinions have got to be fake. " "I like it :)" No spyware is bundled with it, and it is a fairly reliable software package. This must be the best Thing in the world. Now my life is excelent!" ""Great Program No Ads!" Fast, easy to use, plenty to choose from My roommate and I both use this program and we think it's stupendous! This program is excellent." Give me a break. They could have at least made it a little less obvious.

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  3. theft or copyright infringement. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Shareaza, which recently went open source under the GPL, has been subject to a similar type of theft by a company going by the name RockSoft Development."

    Oh, so When you steal something from a record label, it's copyright infringement, but when you steal GPL software, it's actually theft?