[OSM-talk] Rent-a-crowd needed JOSM Microsoft store

[john whelan]

I forget where but it has been said that it is legal and that is the reason
JOSM is now available via the store.

Cheerio John

On Sun, Nov 27, 2022, 11:43 PM James, <james2432 at gmail.com> wrote:

> IANAL but GPL v2 does allow to charge for distribution. Is it ethical, lol
> no, would lawyers care? Probably not
>
> On Sun, Nov 27, 2022, 11:30 PM stevea <steveaOSM at softworkers.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes, thanks much, James!  (For linking "Reporting Infringement to
>> Microsoft").  I do wonder if simply forking and charging money for existing
>> open-source software is an egregious slap in the face to OSM (JOSM
>> developers, especially), although I'm not an attorney.  So, I'd urge our
>> LWG / legal-beagles to take a look at this, please.
>>
>> On the other hand, if there is something "value-added" to the fork that
>> justifies charging money, maybe it's OK.
>>
>> > On Nov 27, 2022, at 8:26 PM, James <james2432 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/intellectualproperty/infringement
>> >
>> > On Sun, Nov 27, 2022, 11:15 PM john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > You can only leave a review if you download the software.
>> >
>> > Both are JOSM, one is a fork which costs money which goes to the person
>> who created the fork the other is normal JOSM which is free.
>> >
>> > Cheerio John
>> > <remainder redacted>
>>
>>
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