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30-05-2010, 06:15
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Brightlingsea, Essex, UK
Boat: Unknown wooden sail boat in "restoration". 19ft. As yet to see the water.
Posts: 8
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OpenCPN Available on eBay ?
Did you know this software is available on ebay.
THIS IS NOT AN AD FOR THE SALE.
Just thought the authors would like to know. I found it on ebay UK.
"MAKE YOUR LAPTOP RUN AS MARINE GPS VECTOR CHART PLOTTER"
Item number #300424536750 among others.
Sold by 6021marie. 34 sold to date.
The sale is for a CD copy but the software is not named anywhere on the page......
Bit cheeky I thought.
Check out the sale and see if it conforms to the license requirements
Regards
Robert Last
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30-05-2010, 07:34
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: San Francisco Bay
Boat: Fantasia 35
Posts: 1,251
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You gota love the disclaimer at the bottom of the ad --
TO BE TOTALLY CLEAR
YOU ARE BUYING A CD AND NOT ITS CONTENT
no charts are included in the price of the CD
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30-05-2010, 07:58
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Almería, ES
Boat: Chiquita 46 - Libertalia
Posts: 1,558
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This is probably more or less in line with the GPL - one could send him an email requiring attribution or something. Poor sods paying up for that though!
Seaclear II has been sold on ebay in the US for ages, alongside with the free of charge NOAA charts :| That is/was actually against the Sping license however, so a complaint to ebay may work for him..
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30-05-2010, 08:18
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Lelystad, The Netherlands
Boat: vd Stadt 44, Ben the Boat
Posts: 231
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MaxSea and CM93 are being offered for sale on the Dutch eBay by a professional skipper. The world is full with loosers
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30-05-2010, 10:26
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 416
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Thats a shame. People are getting conned out of money all the time. You can find Firefox and Ubuntu on ebay too.
Perhaps we should add some text to the about dialog to help anyone who may have fallen for this.
OpenCPN
(c) 2000-2010 The OpenCPN Authors
Version 2.1.0 Build 529a
OpenCPN is a Free Software project, built by sailors and freely available to download and distribute without charge at Opencpn.org .
If you use OpenCPN, please consider contributing to the project or donating funds to the developers:
Opencpn.org -- Documentation
Opencpn Donation -- Donations
Thanks Dave... I started the donation ball rolling with $20
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30-05-2010, 11:16
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#6
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: San Francisco Bay
Boat: Fantasia 35
Posts: 1,251
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BTW, if you want to let Dave know that you appreciate the great job he has done, don't forget to login.
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30-05-2010, 13:29
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Almería, ES
Boat: Chiquita 46 - Libertalia
Posts: 1,558
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Quote:
Originally Posted by manimaul
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+1, didnt even know we were doing donations..
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30-05-2010, 14:09
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Almería, ES
Boat: Chiquita 46 - Libertalia
Posts: 1,558
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Should be button on .org as well, its getting good visitor numbers. Sorry havent been able to do the i18 flags on there, my internet is really sh***y out here
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30-05-2010, 17:47
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Marine Service Provider
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 7,384
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Hi guys....
I thank you all for the donations. I'm touched.
But more than that, I thank you all for your awesome contributions in ideas, code, inspiration, and determination. You are all responsible for what OpenCPN is today, and you (we) should be proud. I am.
Thanks again
Dave
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31-05-2010, 00:25
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Lelystad, The Netherlands
Boat: vd Stadt 44, Ben the Boat
Posts: 231
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Good initiative, happy to make a donation.
WSill, why dont you make a seperate topic of this one? Will be more inviting to visit.
Bart
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31-05-2010, 03:56
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Cologne, Germany
Boat: Beneteau Oceanis 331
Posts: 557
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Quote:
Originally Posted by champ8242
Good initiative, happy to make a donation.
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@Dave, Will
I also wrote a page with the link on the German Website ( Spenden | OpenCPN.de).
One question: Is there a possibility to include the actual amount of donations (in total) on a/the website?
Gunther
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