[Adam Naisbitt]

wtf!? I don't know the laws in your country but most places it's illegal to sell hacked and stolen software. I'm talking about copyrighted Microsoft BIOS plus binaries using illegal copies of XDK.

I see no flaming in this thread at all. All are good points... Perhaps your original post was about free adverticing and trying to make a few bucks?

1. My understanding is as the software (XBMC) is under GPL then any responsibility for infringed copyright lies with the author, not the vendor. I don't know if it is/isn't "illegal" and am taking it on good faith that as the software is licensed its legal for use and distribution.

Plus, if the software IS illegal, then (to my understanding) under section 7 of the GPL you would HAVE to stop developing/distibuting it. So by the very fact you continue to develop/distribute the software I can only assume it IS legal.

2. I was not refering to existing flaming, I just anticipated my bluntness getting a host of flames in reply and didn't want to have leave a good channel of communicating with the developers/copyright holders.

3. As for free advertising - if you check the other XBMC forums you'll see I haven't posted any threads on them. The only reason I posted one one here is as spiff emailed from this site and I've taken it as being the best point of contact to speak with the software's developers. There's not much use me advertising XBMCs for sale to the people who wrote the code is there?

I'm not here to waste anyone's time, and neither I am here to waste mine. I'll give this a few more days and then may draw a line under it.