I use a simple source code watermarking technique.
Any class that contain an 'int' variable named 'i' was
written by me.
Tal ;-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ceki G�lc� [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 12:19 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Theft of authorship
>
>
>
> Hi Jon,
>
> I am referring to otherwise honest people who choose to
> contribute their enhancements back to the project. They create
> new classes but in the process remove the names of previous
> authors. They do this in good-faith as otherwise they would not
> have contributed their code. I think it is a question of culture/custom.
>
> I do not think we have a document outlining authorship rules.
> Does anyone know one? Regards, Ceki
>
> At 11:51 07.06.2001 -0700, you wrote:
> >on 6/7/01 11:42 AM, "Ceki G�lc�" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >> This comes up from time to time and usually has me jump
> through the roof. Good
> >> willing contributors, take a piece of existing log4j code,
> modify or enhance
> >> it, but remove the previous author's names. They then post
> their code as if
> >> it was their own. Regardless of how much they modified the
> code, by removing
> >> the previous author's names they are committing theft. I find this very
> >> disturbing. What do others think? What can we do to combat
> this phenomenon?
> >> Regards, Ceki
> >
> >There is a difference between doing this accidentally and doing it on
> >purpose. If it is determined that it is done on purpose and the
> people who
> >did it refuse to follow the license, then the Jakarta PMC should
> be notified
> >and we can sick the ASF Legal team on the problem. Note, this
> seems like it
> >would be a last resort type of situation. The best is to try to at least
> >discuss with the villains (jokingly said) first and make sure that it was
> >not intentional.
> >
> >-jon
> >
> >--
> >"Open source is not available to commercial companies."
> > -Steve Balmer, CEO Microsoft
> ><http://www.suntimes.com/output/tech/cst-fin-micro01.html>
> >
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> Ceki G�lc�
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