Scammers selling Musescore
I found ebay is full of people selling Musescore software on Ebay. They're selling both Windows and Mac versions. I can see actual printed manuals, but the software???
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Hadley Hazen :)
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Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about th’universe!
-- Albert Einstein
And in case that isn't clear: here I mean the buyers...
In reply to Two things are infinite: the by Jojo-Schmitz
Is it actually against the terms of the license to sell a CD containing the software? Particularly as this seems to be a quite "honest" 1000 yen / $10 or so... Just imagine there must be someone in the world who has a computer not connected to the Internet, and they need a handy CD.
In reply to Is it actually against the by Imaginatorium
It most probably is not illegal or agaist any license.
In reply to Is it actually against the by Imaginatorium
No it isn't, but you are required to provide a copy of the source code from the build on that CD when asked for it by one of your buyers.
You have to have that copy yourself and may not link through to the sourcetree hosted by github/MuseScore.
In reply to Is it actually against the by Imaginatorium
Right, somebody who has a computer not connected to the Internet, and thus orders a CD off eBay—no, there's no legitimate reason for this.
In reply to Two things are infinite: the by Jojo-Schmitz
Really? Imagine (if you can) some older person, doesn't use the internet all that much, looking around for notation software who stumbles upon this on ebay and thinks it's a decent deal.
Of course a seasoned internet user would look it up and discover it's a free programme, but not everyone is that seasoned user.
The malefactor in this is the greedy swindler trying to make money from a free programme and someone else's work.Try to remember that.