Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on September 19, 2004 03:24 AM
First he says there's no copyright on the code he delivered to Brian. Then he says: "2) The code delivered to Brian Connolly was derived from GPL, Copyright Miro International Pty."
Here's how i think it went: 1) (Past) $DEVELOPER was asked by $COMPANY to develop $SOFTWARE. 2) $DEVELOPER did but there was no consensus on the license. 3) $DEVELOPER_2 added features in $SOFTWARE. 4/5/6) $DEVELOPER modifies $SOFTWARE himself even more after the contract. $DEVELOPER rewrites parts of $SOFTWARE not written by him. $DEVELOPER release $SOFTWARE under the GPL. 7) (Present) $COMPANY is pissed by #6 since the software he's running ain't unique anymore. $COMPANY feels not threatened fair by this event. $COMPANY spreads his version of the events, without important legal details, to spread FUD, so his website becomes (more) unique again. 8) (Future) Lawsuit starts. Little guy has hard times to fight Goliath because of money reasons but believes he's right. Important: #2 really matters. What were the contract details?
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on September 19, 2004 03:24 AMHere's how i think it went:
1) (Past) $DEVELOPER was asked by $COMPANY to develop $SOFTWARE.
2) $DEVELOPER did but there was no consensus on the license.
3) $DEVELOPER_2 added features in $SOFTWARE.
4/5/6) $DEVELOPER modifies $SOFTWARE himself even more after the contract. $DEVELOPER rewrites parts of $SOFTWARE not written by him. $DEVELOPER release $SOFTWARE under the GPL.
7) (Present) $COMPANY is pissed by #6 since the software he's running ain't unique anymore. $COMPANY feels not threatened fair by this event. $COMPANY spreads his version of the events, without important legal details, to spread FUD, so his website becomes (more) unique again.
8) (Future) Lawsuit starts. Little guy has hard times to fight Goliath because of money reasons but believes he's right. Important: #2 really matters. What were the contract details?
PS: IANAL.
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