Hey Nik,

I am not sure if the GPL requires that. AFAIK, the GPL requires Linux Magic to distribute the source code of their webmail when they sold it to a customer. They are not allowed to encrypt the source, etc..

Furthermore, the GPL requires them to keep the copyright on all source files, etc..

Last but not least -- customers of Linux Magic are allowed to put the webmail app on BitTorrent or whatever. Thanks to the GPL. ;-) You may distribute it for free and they couldn't do anything against it.

It really looks like they used at least our icon set, and I'm not sure if they are allowed to do that. That might be a direct violation of another license that was granted to the RoundCube project.

Do you know anyone who purchased it so we can double-check that?

Till

P.S. I cc'ed our developer mailinglists.

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 1:08 AM, Nik Dahlnik@nwnexus.com wrote:

I received a sales call from a company called Linux Magic. The message they left was vague and gave no information about their company, and led me to believe that they were a client, not a salesperson. So I had to call them back. This irritated me, but while I was researching their company, I noticed that they sell a webmail product called Tuxedo for $189 that is based on RoundCube. But they do not offer any way to download free of charge, as required under the GPL.

Is this not a violation of the GPL?

More information on the product is available here: http://www.linuxmagic.com/products/tuxedo

List info: http://lists.roundcube.net/dev/