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

[vijay kumar]

Even sponsorship prospectus is copied and none of us are aware.

http://blockchaincon.io/Sponsorship%20Prospectus%20-%20BlockchainCon%202017.pdf

Am not sure if this is ethical.



On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 2:30 PM, Nitin Kumar <nitin.nitp at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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>
> <!-- <li><a href="https://in.pycon.org/blog/2016/"> BLOG </a></li>-->
> <li><a href="sponsorship.html <http://blockchaincon.io/sponsorship.html>">
> SPONSORSHIP</a></li>
> <li><a href="faq.html <http://blockchaincon.io/faq.html>">FAQ </a></li>
> <!-- <li><a href="coc.html">COC </a></li> -->
>
> 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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Thanks,
Vijay
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