> However, it upset me earlier today when I came across a 
> web-site cashing in on your product and selling it to the 
> world.

Yes I know - this is not clearly illegal (according to the 
General Public License), except maybe if the company is 
removing all credits (author's name).

See a recent thread here:
<http://forum.httrack.com/readmsg/9935/index.html?pid=9933&days=10000&js=1&lang=en>

> PERSONALLY, I DETEST THIS TYPE OF BLATANT REPACKAGING OF 
> SOMEONE'S WORK AND EFFORTS WITHOUT ANY REFERENCE TO YOU, 
> XAVIER, OR HTTRACK!

Yes, this is a bit sad. Selling GPL softwares is perfectly 
okay, but changing the program name and -maybe ?- removing 
credits is not a very honest way of earning money.

> I am interested in your opinion about this, especially as 
> far as GPL is concerned...

AFAIK, the GPL is not violated (except maybe the "minimal 
distribution fee of $50" which is a bit high - $5 would be 
a "reasonnable fee" ("reasonnable" as per GPL)), but there 
might be some other rules broken (I'm not a lawyer - so I 
can't tell precisely).

Anyway this is not a really important matter, many people 
already know HTTrack and will never buy "their" product.