| Re: 2 New Themes for Xoop Peepers! |
| by sbkiller on 2004/8/13 2:25:28 ummm... yeaahhhh |
| Re: 2 New Themes for Xoop Peepers! |
| by Warr1or on 2004/8/13 1:52:27 heh heh... this looks more like a (minor) Quake flame...  surprising first time to see ugliness/arrogance in Xoops.
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| Re: 2 New Themes for Xoop Peepers! |
| by -Page on 2004/8/13 0:22:32 Wow!!, why would you defend your credits so harshly on such vanilla designs? That same look has got to be on a million websites out there! I mean , their both really, REALLY plain and based on very over used looks with common boxes and a common layout that isn't even in the farthest of since, close to being remotely "your own"... Threatening legal action on either of those layouts is a hairs breath from me color coding a simple 3 table layout red and white and aggressivly enforcing my copyright on 3 table red and white themes as a derivative of MY work. I checked out Zarron.com and work looks worthy of full credit and $$ for the products offered. Your good! - Which really makes me wonder why you would care in the least about these 2 "couldn't be more average" themes! ?? - You should have just said something to the extent of "Hey, I'm sure that these 2 are based on my work and I'm flattered that you've been working with them! I'm certain that she would have added you appropriately to the credits (probably on auto-pilot), and the link and association with your "REAL WORK" would have been in strong order with Xoops! No one likes anyone that acts as if they have a lawyer on retainer and a gun in their pocket. If either of those layouts had a dime between them in copyright value, it was cashed out upon your first phrase... You should really give this girl one of your better PHPBB themes with a license to remove your client visible copyright and a - "just as firm and manly"- apology, for realizing that your approach was so inappropriate in context. At any rate, you may want to re-think the flexibility that you allow yourself in some situations, loose the lawyer and hire a third party for your public relation efforts. - It's good advice. 
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| Re: 2 New Themes for Xoop Peepers! |
| by jmass on 2004/8/11 16:57:55 I got two cents too.... I agree with people wanting to protect their IP. I also believe that when the IP is applyed to a GPL project in the form of a module (IMO - theme is a module) it must be GPL. Personally I would never remove credits from the source or on screen if I just USED anothers work. But if I dramatically modified it, I would remove the on screen credits. Just my two cents, I may have change coming. JMass |
| Re: 2 New Themes for Xoop Peepers! |
| by upsadaz on 2004/8/11 15:31:38 Two more cents from me here. I am very new to XOOPS and when I first set up my XOOPS site I did not understand XOOPS ettiquette. I used a 7dana theme and some how the credit on the bottom of the page got removed or altered. I'm not sure how it happened because hosnestly I did not know what I was doing (still don't but I'm learning). Gratefully the author of the theme addressed this breach of courtesy on my part much more gently than you have with Goober, zarron. Like Goober, I too corrected my mistake. As soon as I figured out how to put the line and link back in I did so. It has been a great learning process for me and I am grateful for the kindness and patience that has been shown to me in this community. I DO feel that right from the start your tone was negative, accusatory and rude. There was no need for your first line of your first comment to say you "stole this" in such a sarcastic way. Basically you have the right to claim what is yours but you can do it in a more positive and respectful way. I used postnuke before XOOPS and I love the helping and polite ways of this community. Therefore, I hope this community never changes its tone. I hope my English is adequate. 
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