After finally closing the loop with the person, I found out that the document was an internal company document "protected" by NDA.
The person who contacted me was a project manager, and discovered it by someone else's prompting. I reminded the gentleman that the source document is protected by the ASL, which generally states that if you do not change it you can distribute it freely. I asked him to restore the original "by-line", and he was happy with that. There is no public URL to review the stolen bit. Apparently, it was a total of 12 pages ripped off (not just a bit), and appended with a rip off of another document from OSS(?). > -----Original Message----- > From: Pier Fumagalli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 10:12 AM > To: Jakarta General List > Cc: 'Avalon Developer's List' > Subject: Re: [IMPORTANT] What actions can the ASF take to > enforcecopyright? > > > Berin, do you have any pointer/URL for the "stolen" bits? > Both ours and the "illegal" copy... I believe that we can > have someone to write to the offending party and maybe > reason with them? > > Pier > > "Berin Loritsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have been informed by someone who felt it was very necessary for > > them to act (they called my home, they sent a message to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED], > > etc.) about a straight up violation of copyright and plagerism. > > > > The Jakarta documentation in question is the Avalon docs (I > think he > > was referring to the "Developing with Avalon" documentation), the > > actual specifics I am trying to get from the person. > > > > Basically, He reported that someone grabbed the documentation > > verbatim, ripped my name off, and put his own. The > documentation is > > specifically released under the ASL 1.1 (modified only to say > > documentation instead of software). The documentation has > been donated > > to the ASF, Jakarta, and specifically Avalon. > > > > From what I know of copyright (I studied it for a week under Al > > Schlessinger, the top lawyer in the field), the copyright > is only as > > good as its enforcement. I personally do not have a problem with > > sharing the information, and donating it to the ASF where > it is free > > to be distributed at will. I do have a problem when > someone without > > talent rips off work and passes it off as their own. To > this kind of > > person, I can tell them to grow some balls and learn how to > write for > > themselves. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:avalon-dev-> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For > additional commands, > e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
