Hello
The Main Problem I see with OP5 that the software they sale. Nagios / Cacti /
NTOP is not mention in there website or there brochures. even the screen shots
seems like the logos has been stripped( source code changed?). so its very
similiar to saker soft case. since original code has been altered. i know there
is an organization who deals with those kind of problems called "GPL
Violations" and can be located at http://gpl-violations.org/
there is also another company called IT Ground Work which also provides
solutions based on Nagios. but in there case seems like they did everything
right. they specify that nagios engine as been used. and only new proprietary
web interface. the configuration web interface they provide to download as GPL.
WMI plugins as GPL and more.
as far as i know. selling proffesional services under nagios with pre compiled
unmodified binaries and source included is allowed.
The case of shipping proprietary software with unmodified GPL software is also
allowed. as long as you provide the trademarks, Author Info and the GPL license
agreement and of course the source code of the GPL if anything has been
modified. This form of distributionshas been done by several companies like:
ORACLE, Redhat, Funk and others.
Regards
Thomas Mitchell
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