Re: Protection of our software
Hi Igor, you wrote:
>> From: Juergen Luethje
>> Sent: 15 nov 2003 y. 18:45
>>
>> Hi Igor,
>>
>> thanks for your reply. You wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Juergen,
>>>
>>>> From: Juergen Luethje
>>>> Sent: 15 nov 2003 y. 14:52
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> [snipped]
>>>
>>>> Yesterday I discovered, that a guy in Russia had split
>>>> the file into two pieces, and distributes the pieces separately!
>>>> "... as long as ... the file 'mbox100.zip' is distributed
>>>> unchanged and completely." should be clear enough to state,
>>>> that this isn't allowed, no?
>>>
>>> [snipped]
>>>
>>>> I mailed to the guy who I mentioned above:
>>>> "... you are violating the license ... it is not allowed
>>>> to distribute the file in two separate pieces, like you do.
>>>> Please stop that!"
>>>>
>>>> He answered:
>>>> "I didn't think it is so important. The rule of my server
>>>> is to distribute program and it sources if included
>>>> separately."
<snip>
>>> Please, let me know the address privately, if you have no protests.
>>
>> I'll be happy to do so, thanks. I just didn't like to mention the URL
>> in public, because that would be kind of advertisement for his website.
>
> I was on that site just now, on the separate page about your program too.
> This is a good Russian antiwarez site,
A good antiwarez site, whose webmaster doesn't care for software
licenses??? I have heard better jokes in my life ...
What he actually does at the moment, is distributing illegal software!
> your personal page on this site has the link with your own site,
I don't have a personal page on that site, and I don't want to have one
at all. I think you mean the page, where he offers his illegally mangled
version of my software for download.
> I can download only one package with the licence and the source.
As I wrote, yesterday he offered the two files 'wcx_mbox_1.0.rar' and
'wcx_mbox_1.0_source.rar' for download, instead of the original file
'mbox100.zip'.
I was again on that site just now, and now I only found the file
'wcx_mbox_1.0.rar'. The contents of the file are the same as yesterday,
that means there is no source code included.
Where did you see the source code in that file?
> Yes, the package is renamed, but it is due to repacking with the Rar
> archiver only, I think.
It is _not_ the original package, just renamed. But I also don't want
anyone to distribute my software renamed, and there's no reson to do so.
> There is the pointing to author : Juergen Luethje.
So what? Mentioning my name on his website doesn't allow him to violate my
license.
> All right, I think.
Not at all!
<snip>
> Don't worry be just happy!
It seems, that this guy doesn't have appropriate respect for other
people's work. That makes me anything else than happy!!
Fact is, that he is distributing an illegally mangled version of my
software!
<snip>
> Best regards,
> Igor Kachan
Thanks again for looking into this, Igor.
Best regards,
Juergen
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