On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 7:11 AM, Michael Burford <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am probably sending this to the completely wrong area, but I had no clue > where to send this query to otherwise. > You've reached the technical support list for all of Project Hosting at Google Code. As described below, you may wish to send your concerns to the owners of the "miranda-dev" project<http://code.google.com/p/support/wiki/FAQ#How_do_I_contact_the_owners_of_an_existing_project?>hosted on Project Hosting. I am the author of 'Installer for Windows Updates' (all versions up to v24d > and future versions), and the 'Old Update Remover' (all versions). You can > verify this through my username on mydigitallife forums, which is burfadel, > and the thread in which I post the latest updates for these, > http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/19461-Windows-Hotfix-repository/page430 > > I am writing this because someone made me aware of > http://code.google.com/p/miranda-dev/downloads/list > It looks like you're talking about this content: http://code.google.com/p/miranda-dev/downloads/detail?name=Installer%20For%20Windows%20Updates%20V24d.rar There's an "Uploaded by" field on that page (you may have to solve a CAPTCHA to see the full email address); have you thought about emailing that user with your concerns? I have no problem with my two scripts and the c++ runtime installer (also > mine) being redistributed, but I do have an issue, and I take offence, to > people claiming my work as their own, which the person on that page has > done. All they have done is replaced 'Burf' (me) with CK, and linked that > webpage in the Tools menu of the installer instead of my mediafire download > page which has the original files on it. They do not reference me, the > original author, at all. > > Instead of altering the files and taking credit for it, I'm okay if in the > re-compressed rar file that a separate readme.txt file is included, > acknowledging me as the original author, and having the > http://code.google.com/p/miranda-dev/downloads/list listed there, leaving > the original code untouched. I haven't GPL'ed it at all, they're scripts! > which I will be fully supporting in the future. I am quite happy to make > suggested changes to these scripts, but like I said, I just find it > offensive someone taking complete credit for scripts that I written (the > scripts may not be pretty code wise, but they are effective). > It's great that you have such a strong idea of what you'd like - have you shared it with the owners of the miranda-dev project? As site administrators, we respond to DMCA-compliant requests<http://code.google.com/p/support/wiki/FAQ#How_do_I_report_a_copyright_or_intellectual_property_violation?>but work hard to remain otherwise uninvolved in intellectual property disputes like these. Good luck, -Nathaniel -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Project Hosting on Google Code" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting?hl=en.
