Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on September 18, 2004 12:37 PM
It is unbelievable that reputable publications are printing Brian Connolly's story. He is a fraud, and his claims are utterly false:
1. He requested modifications to an *existing* Mambo component that was already GPL. He did not commission the development of a new component, but rather some very simply modifications to the GPL code already running Mambo.
2. The developer changed 9 trivial lines of code within this GPL code to alter the behaviour of the story layout so that it could show a "leading story". Any programmer knows that this is utterly simple, and that websites have been using this layout technique for about 10 years now since the advent of tables.
3. Even if Brian Connolly truly believes he owned this code, the code is over a year old and has long since been re-coded using a better technique.
4. Therefore, Brian Connolly wants to claim that the very "idea" of a leading story/two column layout is his "trade secret" and that he can copyright this idea.
5. Reporters: please check your facts before printing the delusional rantings of a disturbed individual with a vaporware company who wants some attention.
Please ask Brian Connolly to produce the "code" that he owns to power his big "trade secret. He will not be able to produce it, because it does not exist.
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What a joke...
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on September 18, 2004 12:37 PM1. He requested modifications to an *existing* Mambo component that was already GPL. He did not commission the development of a new component, but rather some very simply modifications to the GPL code already running Mambo.
2. The developer changed 9 trivial lines of code within this GPL code to alter the behaviour of the story layout so that it could show a "leading story". Any programmer knows that this is utterly simple, and that websites have been using this layout technique for about 10 years now since the advent of tables.
3. Even if Brian Connolly truly believes he owned this code, the code is over a year old and has long since been re-coded using a better technique.
4. Therefore, Brian Connolly wants to claim that the very "idea" of a leading story/two column layout is his "trade secret" and that he can copyright this idea.
5. Reporters: please check your facts before printing the delusional rantings of a disturbed individual with a vaporware company who wants some attention.
Please ask Brian Connolly to produce the "code" that he owns to power his big "trade secret. He will not be able to produce it, because it does not exist.
Thank you,
A Mambo User
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