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Old 01-06-2009, 12:48 PM
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This person has directly stolen code from the Raid Addicts source code.. He was a paid employee of Raid Addicts and was able to get this out of our source.. Azamorra donated this source to my server and told me to not give it to anyone else DIRECTLY... * Please delete this post and warn this user.. He has been fired from my project...
Yeah, about this guy...

1) How is stealing? As far as I know, you're profiting off of an opensource project, and other people who volunteer to your community.

2) You claim I am a paid employee. I did not sign any contract, I did not fill out a work permit, or any of that. I am a volunteer who you gave money to over paypal. You have no one to blame but yourself.

3) aza77 gave it to your server, however, that was a donation. It's not your code, it's not mine. I submitted it to prevent it from being lost in raid addicts code forever, it's quite useful, you know.

4) Do not delete this post, or warn this user; I have done nothing wrong by contributing code to a GPL project that was kept from it.

I have a long list of lies KingMort has said, such as, "SOE donates to my server", "Sony Developers play and test content here", etc... I could pull up a few quotes from last night too. "I am a registered government business", "I am registered with the state, and you stole from my server, all I have to do is call the Department of Justice to have you fined", etc.

I'm just saying, KingMort, you dedicate almost your entire life to this server in hopes you can profit on another companies' game, yet, you call me out and try and have me arrested because I distribute code on your server to an open-source community whose codebase you use? I find that greedy and selfish, and highly illegal in itself for various reasons.

This guy is a complete lunatic, Angelox. Pay no mind to him.
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Old 01-06-2009, 01:35 PM
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As soon as KingMort provides me with actual evidence that Aza77 did in fact donate this bit of code ONLY for the use of KMRA. This post stays. As for your threats in the PM you sent me KingMort, you're more than welcome to file a complaint against Secrets. I am not convinced that this is legally your code and I am also not convinced you are telling the complete truth.


It's a damn shame that you can't share such a minuet useful utility to the project that has given you so much.

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Old 01-06-2009, 01:44 PM
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I would also like to present further proof of stealing from a GPL Project.

http://egov.sos.state.or.us/br/pkg_w...&p_print=FALSE

He is a registered business that profits off of a GPL project.

Nice.
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Old 01-06-2009, 02:13 PM
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There are a lot of businesses that resell GPL software. As long as he maintains the proper rights and distributes the GPL license, it's fair use.

However, the scope of the source shared is very small and would not be difficult for any competent coder to write so it's not worth arguing once it's been released to public domain.
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Old 01-06-2009, 02:23 PM
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There are a lot of businesses that resell GPL software. As long as he maintains the proper rights and distributes the GPL license, it's fair use.

However, the scope of the source shared is very small and would not be difficult for any competent coder to write so it's not worth arguing once it's been released to public domain.
true. however, i've yet to see any proof that this custom work his KingMort's actual work.

also, since he is using GPL v2,
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Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the Program), the recipient automatically receives a license from the original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to these terms and conditions. You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein. You are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to this License.
KingMort did not select a licence for his code, thus the code is public domain.
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Old 01-06-2009, 03:31 PM
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I'm pretty sure the GPL version < 3 only requires the source to be "made available" only if the binaries are distributed or sold. Google does this a lot. While you use their stuff they don't actually distribute it so they are not required to make the source available. If the binaries of the RA server have ever been distributed or sold to ANYONE though, that makes them subject to the that section of the GPL and the source would be required to be made available. It's a pretty crappy thing to do too. Profit from an open source project and then not contribute anything back to it is reprehensible.
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Old 01-06-2009, 03:42 PM
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Mort.. You're retarded.

Government Registered Business? Get the fuck outta here kid.
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