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Hamstersoft Ebook App Rips Off GPL3 Code, Say Calibre Devs
Nate the greatest submits news of a claim that a recently released ebook application from Hamstersoft is actually built from code lifted from calibre, the ebook library app. He writes "It turns out that one calibre contributor is now reporting that his code was pirated for Hamstersoft. You can find the full details over on John Schember's blog. It's technically complicated and quite long. You can also find a non-technical summary. The short-short version is that Hamstersoft needs to give away a complete source code for the Hamstersoft Ebook Converter because that app uses parts of calibre, which is licensed under GPL v3. John gave Hamstersoft a month to comply and they did not. Now that app is clearly a GPL violation."
Why is the above poster moded Flamebait? He's completely right. If you take GPL code you have to release your application under the GPL. What's so hard to understand about that? People accept the most ridiculous license terms for proprietary software but once it's about the GPL they start whining when they realize they can't use it for their proprietary shit software. Well, guess what, write your own fucking code!
So let me chime in and say: Hopefully these assholes and all other GPL violators get sued into fucking oblivion!
If Hampstersoft don't like it,
Why is it that so many slashtards can't spell the word 'hamster' correctly? Especially when it's right in front of their fucking faces!