From: Gnarlodious <lis...@gm...> - 2008-03-14 13:46:35
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The history behind this domain is painful for me. When I originally made a website from the MS Word documentation, there was nowhere to put the pages. So I registered the domain http://PowerMops.com/ and bought server space for it. My idea was a collaborative site where all could share their knowledge about Mops. If right now you do a "whois query" on the two domains here is what you see: Domain Name: POWERMOPS.COM Creation Date: 20-May-2003 Domain Name:POWERMOPS.ORG Creation Date: 23-May-2003 The reason is, a man named Art Green demanded I turn over the registration for PowerMops.com to him. He also insisted I turn over my Mops HTML documentation to him and he expected full control over the site. He threatened and berated me via emails, calling me words like pigheaded, selfish and egotistical. Needless to say, we didn't get along. After 3 days he registered PowerMops.org and claimed my site was not a valid name for an open-source software project. This is why the 3 day difference in registration dates. This gave me a bad impression of Mops, and I lost interest for several years. Recently Doug Hoffman informed me that Art Green is no longer involved in Mops, and he sort of apologized for what happened. I began to look around and discovered someone had plagiarized my entire site and uploaded it to another Mops site. I do not know if it was Green or yourself who did this, but it would have been polite if someone had asked me first. I'm not going to be hostile about it, and in any case the material is not copyrighted. I am still willing to collaborate on one site, consolidating all documentation. It is ultimately stupid to have two versions of documentation, so let's not be stupid. I am open to suggestions from yourself and any other interested people. -- Gnarlie http://Gnarlodious.com/Gnarlodious |