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It is, because individuals like you with no concept, understanding, or grasp of basic comprehension wander in like a blind guide dog.
Where did I state VMPort's design was 100+ hours? Show me where I specifically stated VMPort's design was 100+ hours. Go put what you see as "funny," and what I see as just another "clown with a keyboard on the internet" to good use and show me.
We're discussing VMPort's design having been ripped (primarily). You stated something about a design which took 100+ hours as an argument related to the ripping of VMPort's design. Thus either your argument holds no water, so to speak, or you implied their design took 100+ hours.
Weren't you the one calling me "desensitized" and "rude" just the other day? Hmm.
Sure. It's sooo difficult to understand that a kid did copy a few crappy designs & that VMport who did the same with Buyvm site before was not happy.
I don't care who said that, somebody spoke about a 100+ hours design, that's all.
To me those designs are pretty crappy & even if they weren't why did the guys who build their business on free software (ie make money on free software) (exept solusvm & whmcs) didn't release their design under the GPL or BSD license?
Come on, nobody's been hurt, no business has been hurt. They sell VPS, not crappy templates.
Either get your facts straight or don't comment otherwise you contribute nothing but crap as evident by you above. It's good to see when you're wrong you just go stick your head in the sand.
Free software != GPL. As long as keyboards are still cheap clowns like you will keep fuelling this confusion whereby everyone thinks free software = GPL, which is NOT the case.
For someone with the word "info" in their name you're not doing a very good job of it.
Nice selective quoting, here's the full quote:
There is nothing to indicate VMPort's design took 100+ hours. It was a question asking if @gsrdgrdghd spent 100+ hours on a design if he would have an issue if someone copied it. Which clearly has been misread by the genius 2 posts above.
Well first of all i don't do designs, when i need a design for a website i just use a free one (but not a ripped one).
But when i spend many hours on coding something i actually release the sourcecode of it so other people can benefit from my work too. When i make a website i don't put ads or anything to pay, it's just for fun and i don't care if anyone uses my script to make a competative website.
Not missed really, as it was about the same kind of design - anyways, who cares?
LOL
GPL is not free enough for you? Would you mind defining what you mean by 'free (as freedom) software'? BSD is fine or still too restrictive?
It's that time of the month for you, eh?
Give it a rest...
Try again.
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html go research some.
Correct. Why is that question at all relevant unless you were referring to one of the designs which had been ripped? So again, either your argument holds no water, or you were referring to VMPort's design.
I look forward to seeing how you weasel and lie your way out of this one. Perhaps by calling me names?
The more you post, the more it confirms you have no idea what you are discussing.
Try what again? Free Software != GPL. Is that so hard for you to understand? Good work on posting a link though, that is completely pointless to the point I made....
Here it is again for you... Free Software != GPL
GPL is merely a license, however it's clear you haven't read the link you posted, you didn't even read beyond the first few paragraphs....
Perfectly relevant, I want to know if it's a case of "it's not my work being ripped so I don't care" which is an ongoing theme with people until their work is ripped.
Well, considering it's a question and not an argument once again you show you're off the mark.
It has been established you're an idiot a while ago, why you feel the compelling need for me to remind you of this frequently is beyond me. I appreciate the opportunity nonetheless.
Screw it, not even gonna bother trying to reason with this guy.
xprotocept
Here is a list of the sites on LEB i have Ripped:URPad
You wouldn't be the first. I just checked CopyScape again today and it appears there is around 5 new providers using our old design. Already had to send about 25-30 different DMCA notices over the last couple months.
Why have people been bringing these super old discussions back?
Probably because he went on ripping sites
http://scriptmafia.org/user/xprip/news/
I don't understand this guy. What does he get for ripping sites?
Supposedly money, but he is an idiot...
He thinks he can make a ton of money using adf.ly links
What he needs is a punch..
He's still around on LEB also.
I am pretty sure that he has been reincarnated as Naruto.
@dclardy You should stop that. Are you any better bringing that up?
@xprotocept, however, I have no sympathy for.
It seems
Since this as evolved on a new spam post, who cares?
He had the nerve to go to our latest LEB promotion and point out we were using a ThemeForest template, the cheek of the boy.
He's half of the reason we don't pay hundreds/thousands for a unique design :P
I'm going to take a controversial position and say that I don't see the big deal. How did you (people in general) learn HTML? If someone is making exact 1:1 copies of your site with a different name tacked on, then do what you feel you need to do, but the act itself of copying your site HTML, who cares? My browser does that when I visit your site anyway.
The internet only exists because of open standards. Issuing DMCA take down notices would make me actively not want to use a provider. I mean, you all advertise on your sites that your service is powered by GNU/Linux, right? Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Are you sure it was him.. I doubt he would come back.
I actually never bothered with "learning" HTML/CSS/JS.
But if you look at the beginning of this thread you will see that he apologized to the providers and how he is ripping their pages again.
In theory you have a point though, but the fact that he is trying to make money from other peoples designs (he said that he only does it to make money with adf.ly links) make his position completly intolerable.
@Soylent The issue is that many providers either put a good deal of their own time or budget into presenting themselves. Use of that work without permission is theft, plain and simple.
Watermark EVERYTHING.
Its not theft, its copying.
Taking a template and distributing it is a whole different thing, in fact if a host ripped and used our template i would be flattered.
Its just the fact that we spend time + money, regardless of the amount, on getting these sites together and then he releases them to Scriptmafia for free.
Scriptmafia been a highly ranked page and therefore, like in our case, upon searching our name there are stacks of "Ripped Website, Nulled" etc posts on the first page. It doesn't look good for business.