1. We have a written contract dated 9/2/03 with Emir Sakic (a lead developer of Mambo) that expressly contains the provision “Upon finished project all copyright rights to code written by [Sakic] will belong to literatigroup.com [Furthermore’s parent company]. This contracted has been provide to Robert Castley, project manager of Mambo OS.
2. We have a written correspondence from Sakic 10/3/03 where he admits having “implemented” our code and IP “to official Mambo”... “Hope you don't mind.” We immediate responded that we did mind. Sakic’s response then was “Hehe I was afraid you would feel like that;” And “I understand.”
3. We have written receipts of payment for work done that describes the functionality being disputed by Mambo.
4. The code was then wrongly assigned to the GPL and the copyrights attributed with Miro International.
5. The present code still contains derivative elements of this misappropriation.
6. In an email from Mr. Sakic 8/18/04 he said, “Why didn't you demand that I remove the code then? Why didn't you get me sign an explicit agreement that I couldn't do that before we even started? I never again used any of the code I did for you anywhere else. OK, the leading story was your idea, but Mambo is consisted of ideas from 1000's of people.” Mr. Sakic needs to review his files. See #’s 1 and 2 above.
7. Robert Castley, Mambo Project Manager, 8/17/04 shifts responsibility for the matter to users of Mambo OS. He said, “Mambo can not be party to any disputes between individuals or companies concerning the use of Mambo.”
Bottom line: We would love nothing better than a mutually beneficial resolution. BUT, Mambo has beEN intractable in their rationale and resolution to keep our property.
Regards,
Brian Connolly President Furthermore, Inc. bconnolly @ furthermore.com
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on September 18, 2004 09:57 AMHere are other relevant facts. They can also be found at http://www.literatigroup.com/verusumambo .
RELEVANT FACTS
1. We have a written contract dated 9/2/03 with Emir Sakic (a lead developer of Mambo) that expressly contains the provision “Upon finished project all copyright rights to code written by [Sakic] will belong to literatigroup.com [Furthermore’s parent company]. This contracted has been provide to Robert Castley, project manager of Mambo OS.
2. We have a written correspondence from Sakic 10/3/03 where he admits having “implemented” our code and IP “to official Mambo”... “Hope you don't mind.” We immediate responded that we did mind. Sakic’s response then was “Hehe I was afraid you would feel like that;” And “I understand.”
3. We have written receipts of payment for work done that describes the functionality being disputed by Mambo.
4. The code was then wrongly assigned to the GPL and the copyrights attributed with Miro International.
5. The present code still contains derivative elements of this misappropriation.
6. In an email from Mr. Sakic 8/18/04 he said, “Why didn't you demand that I remove the code then? Why didn't you get me sign an explicit agreement that I couldn't do that before we even started? I never again used any of the code I did for you anywhere else. OK, the leading story was your idea, but Mambo is consisted of ideas from 1000's of people.” Mr. Sakic needs to review his files. See #’s 1 and 2 above.
7. Robert Castley, Mambo Project Manager, 8/17/04 shifts responsibility for the matter to users of Mambo OS. He said, “Mambo can not be party to any disputes between individuals or companies concerning the use of Mambo.”
Bottom line: We would love nothing better than a mutually beneficial resolution. BUT, Mambo has beEN intractable in their rationale and resolution to keep our property.
Regards,
Brian Connolly
President
Furthermore, Inc.
bconnolly @ furthermore.com
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