[Bf-committers] GPL or (c) infringement?

[Austin Benesh]

Sent the dude a message yesterday, now suddenly the "Luxuriosity 3d
Studio Max" page doesn't pop up. Hum, I wonder why? ;)


On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 09:37:25 -0800, joeedh <joeeagar at prodigy.net> wrote:
> You know what really makes me sick, though?  Knowing that after I spend
> hundreds of hours developing HE mesh, all in the name of free as in
> freedom (and of course for its spot on the resume), some guy is going to
> come along and include it in a scam!
> 
> This is supposed to be a 100% free donation to the blender project!
> 
> I feel sick.
> 
> joeedh
> 
> joeedh wrote:
> 
> > Jean-Michel Smith wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 10:45:42 -0500, Stephen Swaney
> >> <sswaney at centurytel.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 09:13:01AM -0600, Jean-Michel Smith wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Beyond that little bit of education and "buyer beware" information,...
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> The Internet is a powerful communcations medium.  A notice on our
> >>> webpages and a post or two in various computer graphics forums could
> >>> go a long way towards helping people be informed consumers.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> Exactly.  That is the crux of my disagreement with "just ignore them."
> >> Instead, counter with a little good information easily found by
> >> googling blender (analogous to the "good speech to counter bad is more
> >> effective than censorship" philosophy), then stop spending energy on
> >> the subject and get back to blendering!  I.e. once we've made the good
> >> information available, THEN we can ignore the jerk as the exploitive
> >> troll that he is. :-)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > Of course, he never mentions blender my name.  Never.  What we should
> > do is make an info page, and me sure to include information about what
> > various scams are calling Blender, so google will bring up this page
> > if, say, someone searches for Luxcuriosity 3D Studo.
> >
> > joeedh
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