[Inpycon] Copyright violation of PyCon India website by blockchain 2017 conference organizer

[Nitin Kumar]

They have not even done copy paste properly.
As our site had a copyright mark, we can surely at least let the blockchain
organizer know about this error/mistake.

<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="bs-sidebar-navbar-collapse-1">
<ul class="py16navbar nav navbar-nav">
<li><a href="http://blockchaincon.io/#home" class="scrollto"> HOME </a></li>
<li><a href="http://blockchaincon.io/#speakers" class="scrollto"> SPEAKERS
</a></li>
<li><a href="#schedule <http://blockchaincon.io/sponsorship.html#schedule>"
class="scrollto"> SCHEDULE </a></li>
<li><a href="http://blockchaincon.io/#sponsors" class="scrollto"> SPONSORS
</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blockchaincon.io/#events" class="scrollto"> PAST EVENTS
</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blockchaincon.io/#venue" class="scrollto"> VENUE </a>
</li>
<li><a href="#who_attend
<http://blockchaincon.io/sponsorship.html#who_attend>" class="scrollto">
WHO SHOULD ATTEND? </a></li>
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SPONSORSHIP</a></li>
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Thanks
Nitin Kr

On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 1:38 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at nibrahim.net.in>
wrote:

> I'm personally for being liberal with this. We haven't put up a license on
> the github  repository for the assets or the website so my understanding is
> that by default, reuse is not permitted.
>
> I think the correct way to move forward is to put up a liberal license on
> the pssi repositories so that others can use the design and to tell the
> blockchain people that while their initial copy over was a violation of the
> copyright, we've changed the terms so that it's no longer a problem.
>
> That would solve it. Correct?
>
>
> On 2017-11-29 13:25, vijay kumar wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I just noticed that blockchain 2017 conference team have copied PyCon
>> India 2016 code, logo and design without consulting and confirming
>> with PyCon India community or PSSI. Just the color, content and logo
>> is changed.
>>
>> Referecne: http://blockchaincon.io
>> PyCon India 2016 website :https://in.pycon.org/2016/
>>
>> The copyrights of this website design lies with PyCon India and PSSI
>> which is clearly mentioned in our website. Also we have paid for a
>> vendor to get this designed.
>>
>> Is it right for them to do so? How should we handle this now and also
>> stop this from happening going forward?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Vijay
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