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Old December 21st, 2005
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how do they get away with this one?
i thought ebay was big on not letting piracy and copyrighted items be for sale on their site.
especially as a lot of these sellers are saying you will get Personalized support via email and Free updates for up to 6 months.
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Old December 21st, 2005
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how do they get away with this one?
i thought ebay was big on not letting piracy and copyrighted items be for sale on their site.
especially as a lot of these sellers are saying you will get Personalized support via email and Free updates for up to 6 months.
Likely because the GNU Public License says they can distribute & charge for it:

"When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for this service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things.

To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid anyone to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender the rights. These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if you distribute copies of the software, or if you modify it.

For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether gratis or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that you have. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the source code. And you must show them these terms so they know their rights.

We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and (2) offer you this license which gives you legal permission to copy, distribute and/or modify the software."

http://www.limewire.org/gnu.shtml
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Old June 24th, 2006
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Likely because the GNU Public License says they can distribute & charge for it:

"When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for this service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things.

To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid anyone to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender the rights. These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if you distribute copies of the software, or if you modify it.

For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether gratis or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that you have. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the source code. And you must show them these terms so they know their rights.

We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and (2) offer you this license which gives you legal permission to copy, distribute and/or modify the software."

http://www.limewire.org/gnu.shtml



Mmmm, but LW Pro is not free
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