Fake Versions

Umbra · **Joined:** Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:06 pm **Posts:** 17

Dear users!

1. We have found fake products in the Internet naming themselves Free Download Manager (speed-downloading.com, for instance). Such products may be harmful and infected with viruses, spyware etc. That is why we recommend you to beware of them and download FDM only from our site.

2. FDM is a GPL product; therefore any person can use its code to develop GPL (note, only GPL) products. But in doing so nobody possesses a right to use our brand – Free Download Manager/FDM – and its stylistics. It is illegal to play such products off FDM and/or develop non-GPL products using FDM codes.

RobertX · **Posted:** Sun Nov 23, 2008 1:03 am

Does www.freedownloadmanager.com qualify as a fake? To me it's a legitimate download manager that happens to have the same name.

Guest · **Posted:** Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:37 pm

RobertX wrote:

Does www.freedownloadmanager.com qualify as a fake? To me it's a legitimate download manager that happens to have the same name.

another asking about this site.

Guest · **Posted:** Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:13 am

well one thing is freedownloadmanager seems to be a pretty generic name. might i suggest changing the name of this project to something more unique? (=

Guest · **Posted:** Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:36 pm

Anonymous wrote:

well one thing is freedownloadmanager seems to be a pretty generic name. might i suggest changing the name of this project to something more unique? (=

I definitely second this!

Wu Hung · **Posted:** Thu Dec 25, 2008 3:41 pm

Anonymous wrote:

well one thing is freedownloadmanager seems to be a pretty generic name. might i suggest changing the name of this project to something more unique? (=

yeah and what's next? changing the name from firefox (again) to something "more unique" just because some smart head thinks it could be a good idea to use this well known name to guide more people to their own site.

in case of freedownloadmanager.com it's pretty lame from these reget.com people. is their product really that bad that they need such tricks?

anyway, i guess umbra were talking about real fakes, not copy cats.

Shameem Mahboob · **Posted:** Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:25 pm

Is it safe to download Free Download Manger from www.download.com ?

Alex · **Joined:** Mon Jul 12, 2004 12:17 pm **Posts:** 1334

Shameem Mahboob wrote:

Is it safe to download Free Download Manger from www.download.com ?

Yes.

Guest · **Posted:** Fri Jan 09, 2009 8:55 pm

well, freedownloadmanager.com is ok.
Reget.com is a well-known Russian software developer. Their download manager is famous and more popular in Russia than FDM. But it is a commercial product with close source. In fact, free version exclusivly for Russia and CIS exists, but it is just a beta. So it is strange that they bought this domain name.

thykim · **Posted:** Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:57 pm

Umbra wrote:

Dear users!

1. We have found fake products in the Internet naming themselves Free Download Manager (speed-downloading.com, for instance). Such products may be harmful and infected with viruses, spyware etc. That is why we recommend you to beware of them and download FDM only from our site.

2. FDM is a GPL product; therefore any person can use its code to develop GPL (note, only GPL) products. But in doing so nobody possesses a right to use our brand – Free Download Manager/FDM – and its stylistics. It is illegal to play such products off FDM and/or develop non-GPL products using FDM codes.

Guest · **Posted:** Thu Jan 22, 2009 4:31 am

Umbra wrote:

Dear users!

1. We have found fake products in the Internet naming themselves Free Download Manager (speed-downloading.com, for instance). Such products may be harmful and infected with viruses, spyware etc. That is why we recommend you to beware of them and download FDM only from our site.

2. FDM is a GPL product; therefore any person can use its code to develop GPL (note, only GPL) products. But in doing so nobody possesses a right to use our brand – Free Download Manager/FDM – and its stylistics. It is illegal to play such products off FDM and/or develop non-GPL products using FDM codes.

Guest · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:53 am

Umbra wrote:

Dear users!

1. We have found fake products in the Internet naming themselves Free Download Manager (speed-downloading.com, for instance). Such products may be harmful and infected with viruses, spyware etc. That is why we recommend you to beware of them and download FDM only from our site.

2. FDM is a GPL product; therefore any person can use its code to develop GPL (note, only GPL) products. But in doing so nobody possesses a right to use our brand – Free Download Manager/FDM – and its stylistics. It is illegal to play such products off FDM and/or develop non-GPL products using FDM codes.

Howard Kaikow · **Joined:** Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:03 pm **Posts:** 37

Umbra wrote:

Dear users!

1. We have found fake products in the Internet naming themselves Free Download Manager (speed-downloading.com, for instance). Such products may be harmful and infected with viruses, spyware etc. That is why we recommend you to beware of them and download FDM only from our site.

2. FDM is a GPL product; therefore any person can use its code to develop GPL (note, only GPL) products. But in doing so nobody possesses a right to use our brand – Free Download Manager/FDM – and its stylistics. It is illegal to play such products off FDM and/or develop non-GPL products using FDM codes.

How's about postimg the CRC, etc. for the download at www.freedownloadmanager.org on thje downloads page and here?

Umbra · **Joined:** Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:06 pm **Posts:** 17

As long as www.freedownloadmanager.com is not offering anything, we cannot consider it infringing. Should anybody venture to use that site to benefit from our name, we shall claim its illegality.

Guest · **Posted:** Fri Feb 13, 2009 3:23 pm

i personally like the name. i've been using this program for a while now and it works absolutely great! thanks!

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