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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. 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.

  2. 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".

  3. Re:Or the phone number... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Toll free is better (costs them money): 1 (866) 661-5699

  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. Re:How Is This Particular Instance by LnxAddct · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Err Red Hat has always provided full source to everything and has never tried to hide the fact that it uses GPL code. In fact it thrives on it, Red Hat produces more open code then any other entity. This includes gnome.org, the kernel, apache, gcj, and most other major open source projects are maintained mostly on Red Hat's payroll. Linus never seemed to have an issue with anything they did, he did afterall take something 10 million dollars worth of stock that they gave him for free just for his contributions. Some major open source folks work at Red Hat, everything from top kernel maintainers, to the guy who wrote the first gcc c++ compiler. People very rarely appreciate what Red Hat has done for the community.
    Regards,
    Steve

  6. Re:Acquisition by Steamhead · · Score: 5, Informative

    The net core of Acquisition is piped rather then linked, thus it is in complete compliance with the GPL.