Re: [LAU] amazon reseller of floss audio software?

From: Paul Davis <paul@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Fri Feb 18 2011 - 16:44:20 EET

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:16 PM, michael noble <looplog@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> hi all,
>
> Phoronix pointed out that an Amazon seller called Butterfly Media was
> reselling some floss projects like scribus and inkscape. I just checked out
> their "product" on amazon and found this:
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Butterfly-Media-Music-Editing-Tool-kit/dp/B0040BF442/ref=pd_sim_sbs_sw_h__4
>
> From the product description, it seem they are trying to sell mixxx. Then
> again, the screenshots clearly show Ardour, LMMS and mixxx. Whichever way,
> it seems some questionable business is going on.

the deception consists of the pairing of this line:

    Platform: Windows XP / Vista / 7

with those screenshots, unless they are also providing lin4win or
whatever its called.
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