Re: [Scidvspc-users] Copyright infringements / GPL violations

[Alan W. <a.c...@gm...>]

Fulvio,

There is no doubt that you are very angry and, it seems, paranoid. This 
sort of discussion should be via private email, not to be dragged about 
in a public list.


On 07/09/2014 08:40 AM, Fulvio wrote:
> Last year Steven wanted to erase Scid code: I was shocked and I
> repeatedly said that it was senseless.
> I did not understand why he did not want to agree to do a proper merge,
> when I was willing to do all the work and after that leave him the
> complete management of the project.
>
> Now, i saw this commit (in how many places I have been vilified without
> knowing it?):
> http://sourceforge.net/p/scidvspc/code/1920/
> and dawned on me a disturbing thought.
>
> Right now it is very easy to see Scidvspc copyright infringements.
> For example in Scid there is a file tcl/utils/win.tcl and i can easily
> see (git blame) that most of the lines have been written by "pgeorges"
> in 2008 (+98 lines of my code).
> In Scidvspc there is an incredibly similar file, also called
> tcl/utils/win.tcl, using the same variables names, and that was entirely
> written by "stevenaaus" (which then holds all the copyright rights).
> It's even mentioned on Scidvspc website without any credit to the
> original author: "Finally have a docked windows feature. It's a damn
> complicated thing, but i am fond of it".
>
> * IF THE ORIGINAL CODE FROM SCID NO LONGER EXISTED, IT WOULD BE VERY
> DIFFICULT TO PROVE NOW WHO IS THE REAL AUTHOR OF THE CODE *
>
> I really hope that I'm just imagining things, but to be on the safe
> side, I then FORMALLY INVITE THE SCIDVSPC PROJECT TO:
> - RESPECT ALL THE COPYRIGHT RIGHTS OF ALL THE AUTHORS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO
> THE SCID PROJECT
> - RESOLVE EVERY COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND GPL VIOLATION.
>
> Fulvio Benini
>
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