Phil But an harbour /credits show Viktor name. Strange he is out of the developer list on web
Atenciosamente Luiz Rafael Culik Guimaraes Suporte Xharbour www.xharbour.com.br Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:06:31 +0400, Phil Krylov <p...@newstar.rinet.ru> escreveu: > Hi, > > On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Viktor Szakáts <harbour...@syenar.hu> wrote: > > I wanted to raise this topic for some time, it's a quite sad one > > (especially on such a nice sunny Friday as today) so > > I was holding it off, but lately Miguel Angel Marchuet again copied > > work from Harbour without giving any credit whatsoever to original > > authors. Around last month I've also found copy/pasted text from my > > own Harbour Changelog entry on the commercial version of xhb > > changes pags. Related e-mails thanked above changes to all those > > wonderful *xhb* developers. I'm not one of them (still banned), not > > wanting to be one, but all this doesn't mean they are not making > > benefit of these works, and even earning money out of it. So, IMO > > the least thing is to mention Harbour's or authors' name (even if it > > happens to be me) name (spelled correctly) when advertising such things. > > Current practice is more than misleading for both paying or non-paying > > users of these products and quite insulting for those developers who > > actually spend months with features and see them like this. Since this > > is simply an unmanly thing and probably doesn't break any legal license, > > I'm considering changing all my licensed files with a new item requiring > > mention of my name when using my work, but before I do I'd like > > to sync my views with others. > > IMHO this is your right to do that but see below. > > > [ I don't even mention that among all the Harbour developers names > > on xhb developer page, mine is accidentally left out. Quite strange > > if we consider that 30% of all commits were done by me (vszakats/vszel). ] > > IMHO you can just report it to Enrico Maria Giordano who manages the > page, and he will add your name. > > > To make it clear I have no problem xhb copying my work or even > > selling it (as far as they comply to license), but I'd like to see my > > name appearing when appropriate. > > +1 > > > Worth mentioning that I've asked this from Miguel and Patrick, so > > far without any results (besides Miguel correcting one entry with > > my misspelled name, which isn't very polite). > > IMHO this lack of results is a sad accident. > > > If you have any opinion on this, please add it here, before doing such > > action it'd be also nice to hear some xhb opinions. > > IMHO every such case can be easily resolved by communicating with the > person who forgot to mention your name. Adding a requirement to > mention your name won't change anything by itself. > > -- Ph. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial > Check out the new simplified licensign option that enables unlimited > royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing > server and web deployment. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects > _______________________________________________ > xHarbour-developers mailing list > xHarbour-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xharbour-developers > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensign option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ xHarbour-developers mailing list xHarbour-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xharbour-developers
