Re: A rip-off is a rip-off !!!!!!

[Steffen Macke <dia diagramr biz>]

Dear Fred Teeboom,

Am 04/11/2012 08:54 PM, schrieb Fred Teeboom:
> A rip-off is a rip-poff !!!!!
Your message has been heard. I'm sure that everyone here on the mailing 
list agrees that you've
been ripped off (keep in mind that we're no lawyers).
But you're addressing the wrong people. The Dia mailing list is not 
behind this rip-off. We're not advising anybody to pay for Dia. Instead 
we're offering software and support for free.
Did you get in contact with eBay/PayPal? They might have a chance to 
freeze/return the money you've paid. And they might have a chance to 
amend their terms of use in such a way that prevents fraudsters from 
making people pay for GPL'ed software that is available for free on the 
internet.
> The gist of what I read is, that to obtain what I need I should read the
> source code and develop my own version?
No Dia user is required to read/write source code or to compile Dia 
himself.
Dia is available in binary form for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux - for free.
> What you should feature in your FORUM is: "If a vendor charges $14.00 for
> Freeware, not his own, on EBay, should he declare under the Product
> Description that this software is available free of charge, including the
> User Manual, for a couple of minutes of download time? No need to wait a
> week for a CDROM to arrive from England.  And that the free download is a
> later version than the $14.00 version sent on a CDROM via USPS sneaker
> mail?
Which "FORUM" do you refer to? If somebody want's to find a way to use 
Dia's popularity to rip off
people, he'll find such a way. Regardless what the Dia community posts 
anywhere. Simply googling for something like "dia download" could have 
brought you to the conclusion that Dia is available as a free download - 
legally.
> Then there is the deception that Dia is a "simper" version of VISIO?  I
Where did you come across that description?
> downloaded a 60-day free trial of 2010 VISIO and I can tell you without
> reservation, Dia it is not even close!
I'm sorry that Dia isn't what you've expected. But not all Dia users 
share your point of view.
In fact 90% of those who are reviewing Dia recommend it:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/dia-installer/reviews/?sort=usefulness&filter=all#reviews-n-ratings

But of course: They downloaded Dia for free.

Regards,

Steffen