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"Pimp my iPod"
scorche:
Actually, it was my 186th post, but close enough. ;)
BigMac:
I could see if it was just a misconception and he realized he could not do that and took it down, but he called it his own work. Somebody better get the paddle...
Keep ROCKing on!
Sweet Spot:
Interesting. I wonder just how much advertising this company does, and how far it goes ? I find it offensive actually, that an individual, or group of them, would pose as the creator of such a thing in the first place, not give any credit where credit is due, but most of all, charge unsuspecting people for something that they'd be able to do themselves, if they had the right information.
I can certainly understand charging a minimal fee for anyone whom was willing to pay for the service of adding Linux or ROCKbox to their DAP's, but to be so damned decptive, and lie outright like that, is morally unconstitutional IMO. I guarantee that most if not all of the people that may have payed for this scam (wouldn't be a scam if they said just what it was), would want their money back if they understood how to ROCKbox their own DAP.
Doug
Skyly:
Well charging people for something they can already do, if they had the information, is pretty common business. I guarantee that most people who knew how easy it was to replace and reinstall a sound card, or brake pads or a washer, would feel ripped off too.
Not giving credit where credit is due could well be offensive, but does that mean anything legally? Does the GPL have any clause about taking or giving credit? It is the coder's choice to provide under the GPL.
As for the WPS themes, is there any actual copyrighting going on? Aren't people just providing their themes because they made them and they want to? Someone suggested explicit licensing for the themes.... uh what? Why would you want to do that? We make themes, we share themes. Was anyone expecting a profit? Then let that person copyright their work, and the rest keep using and sharing their themes, without making everything more restricted.
I dislike paranoia and obsession over who owns what, when 1), its the GPL, or 2) people are freely posting their work with no legal terms attached. This stuff can all flow freely, is everyone just having a whinge about the lack of credit being given?
Febs:
--- Quote from: Skyly on November 30, 2006, 12:48:41 PM ---Not giving credit where credit is due could well be offensive, but does that mean anything legally? Does the GPL have any clause about taking or giving credit? It is the coder's choice to provide under the GPL.
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Yes. See my post above regarding the GPL's requirement of a conspicuous copyright notice.
--- Quote ---As for the WPS themes, is there any actual copyrighting going on?
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Yes. WPSes are copyrighted, as is any other creative work that is fixed in a tangible form.
--- Quote --- Aren't people just providing their themes because they made them and they want to?
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Perhaps they are, but that doesn't mean that someone else can redistribute them, and it certainly doesn't mean that others can redistribute them without attribution and for profit. The fact that people share their WPSes here and allow others to copy them does not mean that they have been placed in the public domain.
--- Quote ---Someone suggested explicit licensing for the themes.... uh what? Why would you want to do that? We make themes, we share themes.
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You miss the point. The themes are copyrighted by virtue of their creation. Strictly speaking, that means that no-one can redistribute them without the express consent of the creator. A license can be used to permit the sharing of those themes.
--- Quote ---Was anyone expecting a profit?
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The better question is, "was anyone who created a theme expecting some else to profit from their work?"
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