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Febs:
Section 3 of the GPL provides that he can distribute the binary "under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above" provided that he also either (a) includes the source code, or (b) accompanies the distribution with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to provide the source code.  Section 1, in turn, requires that the distributor "conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the notices that refer to this License and to the absence of any warranty; and give any other recipients of the Program a copy of this License along with the Program."

In terms of whether he can link to the source code, I don't see anything in the GPL that allows him to merely link to the source code if he is distributing a binary.  There is a provision that allows links to the source code, but that appears to apply only when the distribution of the binary is made by allowing copying from a place:  "If distribution of executable or object code is made by offering access to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent access to copy the source code from the same place counts as distribution of the source code, even though third parties are not compelled to copy the source along with the object code."  Here, however, the distributor is not distributing the binary by "offering access to copy from a designated place," so this provision does not appear to apply.

I agree that the re-distribution of themes appears to be a copyright violation, and that alone should be sufficient to cause ebay to close the auction.

scorche:
Good to know.  Thanks a lot Febs.  This should prove valuable if it gets to a point where it is necessary.

alfred:
One of the incredible things is that he offers to change the skin after the initial installation for 5 Euros plus shipping if you send it in...

bk:
I don't think we should gloss over the WPS/theme issue so quickly. I think there should be some explicit licensing stated for the themes, especially since right now different people are contributing modified versions of themes that have no clear copyright terms (other than the default 'all rights reserved' which would seem to prohibit modification...).

jacobts:
i wonder if it is just the videoplayer (doesnt say with sound)

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