I think that part of the recent change in US patent law, which brings it
into conformance with much of the rest of the world, is that the patent
goes to whoever files first, not whoever *invented* it first. So you need
to check on any patent filings constantly because you may have a limited
time to provide an input that the patent is not theirs. I do not have the
experience to be able to tell whether you are being subjected to
knowledgeable intellectual property thieves or people who are just stupid.
> On 9/21/2011 8:14 PM, David Bolton wrote:
>
>> The free/open source software license that MuseScore uses (GNU General
>> Public License) permits sale of the software, as long as the other
>> freedoms are not restricted (source code should be as available on
>> request, the person who purchases it should be allowed to share it for
>> free and modify it themselves).
>
> It appears to me that the seller fails to comply with GPL in several ways:
>
>
> 1. They claim the copyright as their own, rather than the work of
> someone else:
>
> > Copyright © 2010 OS Project Software.
> > All rights reserved.
>
> GPL allows selling, but doesn't grant transfer of copyright.
>
>
> 2. The seller prohibits copying, duplicating and reproducing the software:
>
> > Any copying, duplicating, reproducing, licensing
> > or sub licensing is prohibited.
>
> In essence, they've claimed copyright where no copyright is granted,
> hidden the true origin of the software, and created a more restrictive
> license.
>
> As I understand it, all these things are prohibited by the GPL.
>
> -- David Cuny
>
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