J_K9 Linux: Luxuriousity--OSS Application Scammer | Linux Today

J_K9 Linux: Luxuriousity–OSS Application Scammer

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 19, 2006

[ Thanks to J_K9
for this link. ]

“The admin at Luxuriousity has become my latest source of
irritation–‘Why?’, you may ask? Because he has just changed the
names of common OSS applications like OpenOffice.org, Audacity and
The GIMP and is selling them as if they are his own products…

“It is clearly visible from some of the images on the site that
the actual names in the applications themselves have not been
altered, and no extra features have been added, but they are still
being sold under a completely different and unrelated name…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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