Post by Moongaze on Jul 7, 2007 4:11:31 GMT -5
Okay, I don't mind people using my addon as a base for something else. I don't mind if they want to edit my stuff. But you know what? If someone is going to take my source code and change it and say it was theirs ... I ... grrr, I'm so mad right now!
There is a new addon that poped up in the Ace community. It's called "Sphere" and is a total copy of my addon. The author changed the code around to work with Ace2 (and somehow got the memory usage up to 880k?!) They decided to retain the original artwork, and actually kept most of my code. They removed my settings screen (and replaced it with chat commands) and ... what the hell, I'm so pissed right now.
The author's name is Somnolent and he failed to email me and let me know. Failed to even post anything on the message boards. Sadly, his is out in the public, slightly broken and pretty much ALMOST at the level of Stage 2. Their sphere code is exactly mine. Sadly, Ace's forums are down right now, and the author did not include their email address in their source code, but I'm going to seriously go after this guy and bug the hell out of them when I'm given the opportunity.
Seriously, wtf.
I guess I'm going to have to include a license agreement or copyright junk in the source code from now on (not that it will matter, since it's a WOW addon) but this is sad.
www.wowace.com/wiki/Sphere
www.wowace.com/forums/index.php?topic=7010.0
Those are the links to the forums for this addon. If anyone would like to question them before I get there, go for it. Don't be too rude though. Don't want to lower ourselves =)
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" - Charles Caleb Colton, 1820
... but I'm soooo pissed ...
There is a new addon that poped up in the Ace community. It's called "Sphere" and is a total copy of my addon. The author changed the code around to work with Ace2 (and somehow got the memory usage up to 880k?!) They decided to retain the original artwork, and actually kept most of my code. They removed my settings screen (and replaced it with chat commands) and ... what the hell, I'm so pissed right now.
The author's name is Somnolent and he failed to email me and let me know. Failed to even post anything on the message boards. Sadly, his is out in the public, slightly broken and pretty much ALMOST at the level of Stage 2. Their sphere code is exactly mine. Sadly, Ace's forums are down right now, and the author did not include their email address in their source code, but I'm going to seriously go after this guy and bug the hell out of them when I'm given the opportunity.
Seriously, wtf.
I guess I'm going to have to include a license agreement or copyright junk in the source code from now on (not that it will matter, since it's a WOW addon) but this is sad.
www.wowace.com/wiki/Sphere
www.wowace.com/forums/index.php?topic=7010.0
Those are the links to the forums for this addon. If anyone would like to question them before I get there, go for it. Don't be too rude though. Don't want to lower ourselves =)
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" - Charles Caleb Colton, 1820
... but I'm soooo pissed ...