Topic: idiots that have removed.....

Idiots that have removed copyright...
http://www.vldpersonals.com/forum/index.php

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My stuff or my style might sux, but atleast I'm willing to help when I can.
Don't be stupid and help ! We are the stupid one's !!!

Re: idiots that have removed.....

OH my goodnessss pain for my eyes!
Do I have the permission to go and spam a little in their forum or tha owners of punBB will do it big_smile

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3 (edited by Reines 2008-06-21 20:34)

Re: idiots that have removed.....

lol it's a company selling a commercial project as well, not just some kids site.

headbuster wrote:

Do I have the permission to go and spam a little in their forum

No let the owners do as they see fit.

Re: idiots that have removed.....

they have a integration mod that has punbb name on it.. that is apart of there package they sell..



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My stuff or my style might sux, but atleast I'm willing to help when I can.
Don't be stupid and help ! We are the stupid one's !!!

Re: idiots that have removed.....

OK
(I should think first before writing! Bad head Bad head)

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first off. im working on a client website that has there software installed . I join the forum to ask there guru a question. he replied back..

you dont have a lic. software and then ban me from the site.

to be honest what a turd head... i simply ask a freakin question...

to i say to the heck with him and his software.

my mod of the main.tpl will be and still looks better than anything they can design..

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My stuff or my style might sux, but atleast I'm willing to help when I can.
Don't be stupid and help ! We are the stupid one's !!!

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Hahah they know they are guilty!
I hate people who steal....

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Re: idiots that have removed.....

that just plain stupid....

My stuff or my style might sux, but atleast I'm willing to help when I can.
Don't be stupid and help ! We are the stupid one's !!!

Re: idiots that have removed.....

If I'm correct, users of GPL software can legally remove any public copyright notices.

Carpe diem

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well back in the old days... it was not kewl.... pre-informer days i mean... and since they are selling the product with punbb mod ...


just me i think that plain stupid...

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My stuff or my style might sux, but atleast I'm willing to help when I can.
Don't be stupid and help ! We are the stupid one's !!!

11 (edited by MattF 2008-06-23 12:47)

Re: idiots that have removed.....

Anatoly wrote:

If I'm correct, users of GPL software can legally remove any public copyright notices.

Like hell they can. That completely goes against the basic rule of the GPL. The copyright has to remain. Period. Or, are you referring to a link displayed visibly somewhere on the site? Even removal of that violates a lot of specific softwares conditions.

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quaker wrote:

and since they are selling the product with punbb mod ...

Are they selling software product, having PunBB code included (the code derived from PunBB)?
Seems like they are just using PunBB as any other user.

Carpe diem

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they are selling the software and have a punbb mod that over writes the user accounts.
so i would say yes to both.

Q

My stuff or my style might sux, but atleast I'm willing to help when I can.
Don't be stupid and help ! We are the stupid one's !!!

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I seem to remember someone here (Rickard?) said that removing the copyright notice in the footer was okay, as long as the one in the source remained and you didn't add your own. They have added their own at the bottom of the page.

GPL wrote:

I want to get credit for my work. I want people to know what I wrote. Can I still get credit if I use the GPL?

    You can certainly get credit for the work. Part of releasing a program under the GPL is writing a copyright notice in your own name (assuming you are the copyright holder). The GPL requires all copies to carry an appropriate copyright notice.

I am not sure if just carrying it inside the file still for fills that or not, I'm afraid I don't know the GPL very well.

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I completely agree with you Reines.

I'm just waiting for someone to copyright my simple mods that i have did for punbb... in the past.

I'm thinking of retiring to Hawaii....
lmao...

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My stuff or my style might sux, but atleast I'm willing to help when I can.
Don't be stupid and help ! We are the stupid one's !!!

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Reines wrote:

I am not sure if just carrying it inside the file still for fills that or not, I'm afraid I don't know the GPL very well.

The original copyright note as well as the new authors/editors copyright have to be in the source files or supplied with the source. Some use a single copyright file, some incorporate it into each file. Removal is an infringement.

The visibly displayed copyright that you tend to see at the bottom, (with the vanity icons, if any), can be a bit of a grey area. Removal of it is always poor form, but not necessarily an infringement. However, a lot of authors/copyright holders do insist that the publically displayed copyright has to remain in place as part of their licence. I believe Coppermine is one such software that specifies that prerequisite, (off the top of my head), but there are plenty more that do so too.

I believe the above is correct, even allowing for my shonky memory. big_smile

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Quaker you have right, they removed the Fluxbb copyright yikes
Those idiots!

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