[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: GPL violation in Licq? (Was: Licq Hebrew Patch Contributor)



On Fri, Oct 26, 2001, Dan Aloni wrote about "GPL violation in Licq? (Was: Licq Hebrew Patch Contributor)":
> 
> About a year ago I have contributed a patch to X-Chat, containing a
>...

I'm having a feeling of deja-vu. Haven't we already had this thread on
linux-il several months ago?

> A year later, while casually browsing the source code of licq, I noticed
> that the function has propagated to it. Unfortunately, while being
> credited in the X-Chat ChangeLog (1.5.3), I forgot to add a credit line
> in the code itself, so whoever propagated it, has wrongly took the full
> credit for it.

So why don't you write the licq maintainer and ask him (or her) to change
the acknowledement comment? I'm sure it will help much more than complaining
here in linux-il... What are we supposed to do? Boycott the guy who "stole"
your code? Tie him to a pole and stone him with CDs of Microsoft Windows XP?

-- 
Nadav Har'El                        |      Friday, Oct 26 2001, 9 Heshvan 5762
nyh@math.technion.ac.il             |-----------------------------------------
Phone: +972-53-245868, ICQ 13349191 |Tact is the art of making a point without
http://nadav.harel.org.il           |making an enemy.

=================================================================
To unsubscribe, send mail to linux-il-request@linux.org.il with
the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command
echo unsubscribe | mail linux-il-request@linux.org.il