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Maui X-Stream at it Again?

Posted by timothy on from the hasn't-yet-caught-on dept.

Goyuix writes "In their latest commercial venture, Maui X-Stream, the now infamous company behind Cherry OS, has recently launched a suite of tools that once again takes advantage of GPL'd code to get their dirty work done... This time it is a set of video encoding, streaming and display tools. A choice quote from SourceForge: 'There are boundled dshow filters, string, toolbars, dialogs, command line switches, etc..., which can be verified easily by just running the applications and taking a look, or a bit harder by analysing the memory dump'. Is the situation getting worse or is community just getting better at finding the violators?"

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  1. Worse by breakbeatninja · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I think the situation is definitely getting worse AND the open source community is becoming more adament about exposing this sort of behavior. The problem is that all open source licensing relies on honesty and many commercial vendors don't know the meaning of it, so when the two sides clash, open source may get the short end of the stick.

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  2. try out the live chat! by croddy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Chat Information Please wait for a site operator to respond.
    Chat Information You are now chatting with 'Gene'
    Gene: Hello
    you: where are you distributing the vx30 source code pursuant to the conditions of the GPL
    you: hello?
    you: a simple URL is all that is required.
    Gene: If you knew what you were talking I would talk to you but...
    Chat Information Chat session has been terminated by the site operator.

  3. Re:Getting worse? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's hardly just one company. The linux kernel, busybox and iptables seem to be popular among manufacturers of SOHO network devices. Sadly the GPL is not as popular.

    The various open source media player programs also attract gadget developers who don't care enough about licensing.

    Last but not least there is a trend to attempt legal and technical trickery to circumvent the GPL requirements. Companies which are completely aware of the license requirements are nevertheless building business models around open source and either try to make the GPL benefits too expensive for interested people or try to delay source releases indefinitely by continuously making small source management "mistakes".

  4. i called maui x stream by Ravenrage · · Score: 5, Interesting

    and when i asked about when they are going to release the code i was told quote "if those lazy bitches on slashdot bothered to check the evidence they would know it contains no gpl code" and when i asked about the fact that the claim can be verified i was told "fuck you" and then they hung up

  5. Their Con Is Working? by wan-fu · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Assuming that this really is a GPL violation, then I'm surprised they've already got some big names to fall for the con. On their own website, they make mention that VX30 was used by HFPA. I was incredulous of course and decided to do some fact checking. Well, turns out, it's true! The video gallery over at the Golden Globe awards has an icon for VX30 which links back to MXS.

    Here's what I think would be the most hilarious thing of all:

    1. the code turns out to be a GPL violation.
    2. HFPA gets mad, makes a ruckus - especially to the movie industry
    3. movie industry sues MXS
    4. ???
    5. Slashdotters celebrate and rejoice over the movie industry suing someone
    Wouldn't that be something?