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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. Re:I may be a bit late to the party here - by djkoolaide · · Score: -1, Troll

    No, if you are using GPL'd code and selling it for profit, it is against the GPL. Selling support is one thing, selling software is another.

  2. History repeating, in a way by h4ckintosh · · Score: -1, Troll

    So basically, it's another "Microsoft"...?...

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    Oh well, what the hell
    1. Re:History repeating, in a way by gellenburg · · Score: 0, Troll

      Wasn't Internet Explorer originally based on Spyglass Mosaic?

      Wasn't that originally licensed under the GPL?

      Wouldn't that make any subsequent versions of IE based originally on Spyglass Mosaic?

      Show me the source!

  3. Re:I may be a bit late to the party here - by cortana · · Score: 1, Troll

    Erm... RTFL?

  4. Re:I may be a bit late to the party here - by black+mariah · · Score: 1, Troll

    Where's the "DUMBASS" moderation when you need it?

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    'Standards' in computing only impress those who are impressed by things like 'standards'.
  5. mod do3n by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    and easy - only GNNA on slashdot, ones in software the above is far

  6. Re:try out the live chat! by croddy · · Score: 0, Troll

    boy, you must be the life of the party!