| Re: Guy says I stole his theme ?? |
| by msdana on 2006/4/8 11:26:07 Thanks MadNav. Indeed the website is now turned off. Last night I sent en email explaing that the logo that he copied was copyright and asked that he remove it. Quote: I am unclear then where you apply relevant information about the use of XOOPS or the developers of mods for XOOPS that are used within the site. The Pahandle Gateway site is the only site that I do not openly acknowledge Xoops, however, all code credits have been untouched and left intact. I have two other sites using XOOPS that I have a site credits page that includes XOOPS and the theme designer.  Thanks! Dana |
| Re: Guy says I stole his theme ?? |
| by MadNav on 2006/4/8 9:07:35 Nice Example - msdana I was going to babelfish the site to see better but they have their site closed. Indeed the first appearance would suggest much needed criticism but most likely this is a new developer just shifting and tweaking and toggling the available XOOPS references of favor and they are trying to mimic those layouts to meet their end needs. So in a sense its an honor perhaps that someone liked the utilization,layout ect. ect. bla bla bla to jump right in and do it. Visualware IP Lookup -> on pagesbourbon.com if you need to findout whois info. Go here to get the first contact info from the who is info. I would say that no this site should not be able to use this graphic with the site name changed as such .. as to why it was hitting your stats at your site via their site is yet another case of XoopsIdentityTheft -> Learn More On a side note msdana Terms on http://www.panhandlegateway.com I am unclear then where you apply relevant information about the use of XOOPS or the developers of mods for XOOPS that are used within the site. I did like the post on using the about this site location to consolidate this info and help give credit where credit is due ... Herko left/right theory work'n too Oh that reminds me .... when you click on the info icon on a module in the administration menus you get a pop-up window that does an auto scroll credits runtime for the mod designers. Thats cool  If XOOPS could couple this into a dynamic Powered By module having complete credits, about, terms, privacy, front-end module for the curious with most of their nine lives and of course side-module hover-overs and rotations and fadings and and and . stop . :) ... good luck all |
| Re: Guy says I stole his theme ?? |
| by msdana on 2006/4/7 22:18:34 How's does the following situation sound regarding copyright infringement for a logo? A couple of days ago, I noticed on my stat program that a URL was showing up that was not mine. I was confused and thought there was a problem with the program's database. I emailed technical support. They replied that someone had saved my web pages and because of the security code in the HTML, every time they were viewing my pages on their web host it was clocking it as a "hit" on my website. I looked at the website that had saved my pages and here's the results. THIS IS MY WEBSITE FRONT PAGE: (http://www.panhandlegateway.com)  THIS IS THE OTHER WEBSITE'S FRONT PAGE: (http://www.pagesbourbon.com)  I am using a theme from 7dana which I have modified extensively and I have given credit to him in the stylesheet with modifications credit to me. However, the logo that I have for my site is an original designed by me. We have sent the proper paperwork US Copyright Office. I have copyright notices on my website that the artwork is copyright and may not be reproduced. Any suggestions? [EDIT: I apologize, zioncurtion4, for stepping on your thread but the discussion applies to me also, I think ]
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| Re: Guy says I stole his theme ?? |
| by SevenD on 2006/4/7 7:40:13 Hi guys, just to clarify...I can confirm that this email is not sent by me. In fact, I have never sent any "license violation" email to any XOOPS user (I really can't remeber). |
| Re: Guy says I stole his theme ?? |
| by Herko on 2006/4/7 7:24:52 The Official position in this is simple: there are two points. 1. Respect copyleft as much as copyright, 2. Give credit where it is due. If you feel that you honor both points, you're good. If not... then I suggest you amend it as soon as possible. As for claiming a theme: the changes made do not make it a completely new theme IMHO. New images, differnt colors, some modifications. IMHO, somewhere on your site, there should be a line 'theme based on xxxxx by 7dana, modifications by yyyyy'. It doesn't have to be in the footer of every page, but an 'about this site' page can amend a lot, plus you can add a lot more information there. Anyone claiming copyright over *your version* of the theme however, should learn to respect copyleft. Theme code isn't copyrightable. All the rest has been said already by the others Herko |
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