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Hi Ian,<br><br>Well there you have me... You release code under a license, you bound by it even if later you think better of it... Seller be ware!!!!!!<br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> From: ian.g.kelly@gmail.com<br>> Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 16:59:00 -0600<br>> Subject: Re: Open Source: you're doing it wrong - the Pyjamas hijack<br>> To: cyborgv2@hotmail.com<br>> <br>> On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Adrian Hunt <cyborgv2@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>> ><br>> > Hi ya,<br>> ><br>> > Not to be confrontative but just because a project is open-source, it<br>> > doesn't mean IP is open too!! The original idea is still property of the<br>> > originator... It just has the global community adding their own IP and<br>> > fixes. This is a core of corporate contracts ensuring that a developers IP<br>> > become freely usable by the company they work for at the time, but their IP<br>> > is still their IP.<br>> <br>> Luke Leighton was not the originator of the project. James Tauber<br>> was, and his original code was a port of Google Web Toolkit. Even if<br>> Luke could somehow be considered the "owner" of the project, it was<br>> released under the Apache License, which includes a "/perpetual/,<br>> worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, /irrevocable/<br>> copyright license to reproduce, /prepare Derivative Works of/,<br>> publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute the<br>> Work and such Derivative Works". I don't agree with what Anthony has<br>> done, but I don't see how it violates the license in any way or how<br>> Luke has any possible recourse through IP claims.<br></div> </div></body>
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