Berin, do you have any pointer/URL for the "stolen" bits? Both ours and the
"illegal" copy... I believe that we can have someone to write to the
offending party and maybe reason with them?
Pier
"Berin Loritsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have been informed by someone who felt it was very necessary for them to act
> (they called my home, they sent a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
> etc.) about a straight up violation of copyright and plagerism.
>
> The Jakarta documentation in question is the Avalon docs (I think he was
> referring to the "Developing with Avalon" documentation), the actual specifics
> I am trying to get from the person.
>
> Basically, He reported that someone grabbed the documentation verbatim, ripped
> my name off, and put his own. The documentation is specifically released
> under the ASL 1.1 (modified only to say documentation instead of software).
> The documentation has been donated to the ASF, Jakarta, and specifically
> Avalon.
>
> From what I know of copyright (I studied it for a week under Al Schlessinger,
> the top lawyer in the field), the copyright is only as good as its
> enforcement. I personally do not have a problem with sharing the information,
> and donating it to the ASF where it is free to be distributed at will. I do
> have a problem when someone without talent rips off work and passes it off as
> their own. To this kind of person, I can tell them to grow some balls and
> learn how to write for themselves.
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