[ros-dev] Ekush

[Filip Navara]

Thomas Weidenmueller wrote:

> Filip Navara wrote:
>
>> AFAIK they actually don't violate the GPL as long as they will send 
>> the source code on request (see GPL section 3). This doesn't mean 
>> that we shouldn't mail them and clear out the situation though...
>
>
> But i really doubt it's legal to remove copyright information. 
> Remember, we still own the copyright, we just permit others to use the 
> sources as the license says. Which, as I understand it, implies they 
> must not remove copyrights, neither from binaries nor from sources. We 
> don't have access to the sources but they changed all copyright 
> information in the file properties of the binaries. What they do is 
> not just insolent (by not giving credit to the real creators) but also 
> illegal.

True, it's illegal to misrepresent the origin and remove copyright 
information. I haven't seen the released binaries, so I reacted only 
based on the information in the mails...

Regards,
Filip