zisworg Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Hi all, I have just discovered that a very good french office suite uses Paint.Net as its picture editor: OFFICE One v7.x. Is that official? Legally distributed? The official link: http://oone.issendis.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=31 (or here for the OEM licence) The site screenshot in attachement. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephan Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 I believe its not... RESPONSIBILITY: Except contrary mention, the rights of ownership intellectual on the documents contained in the site and each element created for this site are the exclusive property of the company ISSENDIS (translated to English with babelfish...) it claims PDN for itself, and probably sells this, even though i can't find it anywhere. The Other stuff is OpenOffice.org. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew D Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 I'm starting to think using the MIT lisence for PDN is a bad idea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 I'm starting to think using the MIT lisence for PDN is a bad idea... Why not just make it freeware with the exeption that you are allowed to modify the source? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Like Pi Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Source code licensed under the MIT license can be used for anything, including sale and use in proprietary applications. GPL is copyleft, meaning that derivative works must be released under a compatible license. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gpl-violations.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Well we don't want the pdn source to be used in commercial applications. PDN should have a custom license. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 I actually gave them permission to do this about 2 years ago -- it was completely within the license rights. However, they are still distributing version 2.72 and I recently asked them to cease doing this. I still get crash logs for "OFFICE One v7 - Paint.NET v2.72". It's rather obnoxious. The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew D Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 I actually gave them permission to do this about 2 years ago -- it was completely within the license rights. However, they are still distributing version 2.72 and I recently asked them to cease doing this. I still get crash logs for "OFFICE One v7 - Paint.NET v2.72". It's rather obnoxious. Mabye cancel the rights of them using it until they update it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachuco Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 mentioned here in Rick's Blog, under #3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncfan51 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Rick had already posted about this ripoff in his blog a few months ago. EDIT: Darn! Beaten again! +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+ I am a disco dancer. +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 They asked if they could distribute Paint.NET with their OfficeONE pack. I said that was fine. The problem is not the distribution in general, but that they are distributing a VERY old version. The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Anyway I don't want to leave this thread open, as it will just continue to fester comments that are mostly incorrect with regards to copyrights, licenses, legalities, etc. Please, just go back to using and enjoying your Paint.NET version 3.22 ... rest assured, I'm attempting to find an amiable way to figure this out with Issendis. Let me worry about this stuff. Thread Closed The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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