ukracer Posted January 28, 2003 Share Posted January 28, 2003 Hi can you tell me if this store is ok to remove the copyrite. http://www.rcdiscounters.com/catalog/default.php I have a stroe that I consider more altered than the basic but still feel its not enough to remove the copyrite. I am not picking on this store just using it as an example. thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugitty Posted January 28, 2003 Share Posted January 28, 2003 Just my opinion... but I would say (emphatically) no! The site you referenced has very little, other than the products themselves and a change in the main page text, to distinguish it from the stock osC distribution. ... if you want to REALLY see something that doesn't set up right out of the box without some tweaking, try being a Foster Parent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 28, 2003 Share Posted January 28, 2003 Andy, Rather than post a store that you feel may be violating the GPL , it would be better to privately alert one of the developers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukracer Posted January 28, 2003 Author Share Posted January 28, 2003 Andy, Rather than post a store that you feel may be violating the GPL , it would be better to privately alert one of the developers. Thanks for that Kim , I understand why you say that but there was a reason apart from I would have no sympathy if that was what was concerned about :) It is at least a way of getting a definitive way of 1. Knowing myself (which I could have achieved by contacing a developer) but also 2. Of showing others who may be in the same dilema what is not considered altered enough. It is one area I have looked at, as I have seen many not even altered as much as that one I posted, that has no copyrite, and have often wondered. Given that you suggest contacting a developer I suppose that is one way I could have been sure for myself, and that is post my own URL when it is altered to my liking and ask if it does indeed fit with their opinion. But does not make it clear to a new would be user what is acceptable. I suppose it could be taken one step further and be a condition that before you remove the copyrite you MUST get a developer or authorised person to mail you with the go ahead to remove that copyrite. A discussion point for the future I suppose :wink: I am surprised more people have not commented on their opionion but I suppose they are less likely if they see a few messages saying it does not comply and theirs is like that also...........they might well be rushing of to alter a few more things. Either way we get some more extreme OS stores on view :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan0815 Posted January 28, 2003 Share Posted January 28, 2003 Are you the shop owner? You can't have everything. That's why trains have difficulty crossing oceans, and hippos did not adapt to fly. -- from the OpenBSD mailinglist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tresseh Posted January 28, 2003 Share Posted January 28, 2003 Why should a website that has been altered in every way still have the right to remove the OSC credits? There is no justifiable reason to remove the credit from a community that gives so much. Edit it, encourage it, but dont remove it. Regards, Jay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan0815 Posted January 28, 2003 Share Posted January 28, 2003 Why should a website that has been altered in every way still have the right to remove the OSC credits? Because the shop owner has the freedom to do so. Please read our FAQ entry about this very issue: http://www.oscommerce.com/community.php/faq,26/q,50 There is no justifiable reason to remove the credit from a community that gives so much. Edit it, encourage it, but dont remove it. Thanks for the compliments, but after a long discussion we have chosen to go the road described in the FAQ entry. This will not change. But ofcourse we always like it when the catalog part says "powered by osCommerce" ;-) You can't have everything. That's why trains have difficulty crossing oceans, and hippos did not adapt to fly. -- from the OpenBSD mailinglist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rseigel Posted January 28, 2003 Share Posted January 28, 2003 On the same topic... Has anyone made a "Powered by OSCommerce" button? Something like the *nuke style would be cool. I'd rather display that personally. Just looks more polished IMHO. :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tresseh Posted January 28, 2003 Share Posted January 28, 2003 I realise that Jan, maybe 'right' wasnt the correct word. I wasnt referring to the legitamacy of removing the credits, it was more a moral objection. I'll try to be clearer next time :) Just ticks me off is all! I am currently building a very very very modified version of OSC, and i have specifically built an oscommerce 'button' into my interface, in exactly the same format as i have my very own design company's "free plug". I feel this is the least i (or anyone else for that matter) can do... Regards, Jay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 28, 2003 Share Posted January 28, 2003 Ask and ye shall receive... Now available, an OSC button that has powered by...OSC. Gif format 150x30 http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,921 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rseigel Posted January 28, 2003 Share Posted January 28, 2003 I knew someone with too much time on their hands would jump right in. :P Just kidding.... Thanks Kim. That's just what I was looking for (and I was too darned lazy to just do it myself). :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukracer Posted January 29, 2003 Author Share Posted January 29, 2003 Are you the shop owner? No jan I am not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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