From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 19 01:12:25 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E27716A47A for ; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 01:12:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zionicman@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0102.google.com (wx-out-0102.google.com [66.249.82.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C90643D45 for ; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 01:12:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from zionicman@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id i31so737853wxd for ; Sun, 18 Jun 2006 18:12:22 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=kPtcKy2XdlSsKAtEJeWgangks4RCFQYAbL5VMbA/KKgIS6ift1B2yFLp3wleFdPDq5Tye71BcdZVmFFqN75TTrSPFE/ISL2Tv0Yq6CVLGlvbH8R2x/ZbppmPXgYc/FrZkKiJvK5n6ZaOjTOjSIzE5C+pVZalgZYpjzWv7IQs9Io= Received: by 10.70.132.14 with SMTP id f14mr7657380wxd; Sun, 18 Jun 2006 18:12:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.111.17 with HTTP; Sun, 18 Jun 2006 18:12:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 21:12:22 -0400 From: "David Hoffman" To: Brett In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <200606190054.k5J0sm0V014234@ns1.cityscope.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Ingrid Kast Fuller , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, freebsd-user-groups@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Serious breach of copyright -- First post X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 01:12:25 -0000 Update: their website now attributes copyright to both HouFUG AND Brett. This is despite the fact that Brett seems to be the sole owner of the work. I'm not sure why this community feels it can disregard rights to intellectual property, especially when it produces so much on its OWN to be proud of. Why steal other people's stuff? On 6/18/06, David Hoffman wrote: > > It'll certainly be less confusing that what HouFUG is publishing. They've > now noted on their site that it was written by you. However, they STILL > claim they own the copyright. Have you waived any of your exclusive rights > to the work? > > On 6/18/06, Brett wrote: > > > Hello > > > > I hope the DMCA copyright notice, found at > > http://arbornet.org/~soup/dmca.html, clears up any confusion. > > > > thank you! > > On 6/18/06, Ingrid Kast Fuller < ingrid@cityscope.net> wrote: > > > I responded to Bretts email 6 minutes after he informed me there maybe > > a > > > problem with this article. He did NOT bother to tell me he was the > > owner of > > > it. All I knew is someone named Brett at thisdayislong@gmail.com was > > > letting me know there was a problem. I immediately went to > > arbornet.org to > > > see where the original information was so I could find the > > originator's name > > > and emailed him back, here is my reply. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Ingrid Kast Fuller [mailto: ingrid@cityscope.net] > > > Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 6:40 PM > > > To: 'Brett' > > > Subject: RE: concerned question > > > > > > I got the information from the freebsd-config mailing list which is > > > referenced at the bottom. > > > Do you know where the original information is on arbornet.org? I > > would not > > > want to infringe on anyone's rights. > > > > > > > > > Ingrid Kast Fuller > > > CityScope Net 713-477-6161 > > > 3910 Fairmont Parkway #264 > > > Pasadena, TX 77504-3076 > > > http://www.cityscope.net > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Brett [mailto:thisdayislong@gmail.com] > > > Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 6:34 PM > > > To: ingrid@cityscope.net > > > Subject: concerned question > > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > It has come to my attention that you have an article, located at > > > http://www.houfug.org/help/install_freebsd.htm > > > that is hosted on your fine site and yet is not referenced. It holds > > a > > > copyright reference for houfug, who did not write the article. > > > Please attribute the work to soup@arbornet.org . > > > > > > Thank you, > > > A concerned citizen > > > > > > > > > > > > >