Hi,
I have exchanged a couple of polite emails with the seller, and apparently he makes a donation to MediaPortal each month based on his sales.
He does not include the source code on his CD. He feels that pointing out that the software is covered under the GPL and providing a web address for the source is sufficient.
I suspect that in general very few (if any) of these ebay sellers include the source. The only way to be certain would be to buy a copy from them. Then, of course, you have to decide whether to take any action. I guess that would divert resources away from the coding, which has to be a bad thing.
The only ones I really get annoyed about are those who advertise MP as "Windows XP Media Portal Edition Media Centre" or something similar in order to trick the unwary into thinking they are getting Windows MCE. And they charge a price which would mean that this is a reasonable conclusion!
Cheers,
Mark |