Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@beer.org> writes:
> On 16-Sep-04, at 8:52 AM, Hubert Feyrer wrote:
>> Today, I found out that someone took the core parts of said software,
>> adjusted it to run on Linux (not much to do - it was mostly shell
>> scripts), removed all traces of my name and license on the original
>> software, and instead put his own name in and put everything under the
>> GPL.
>>
>> I asked what's going on, and as a reply I was told that the scripts
>> were not based on mine - something rather easy to prove wrong when
>> looking at them (differences are mostly renamed variables, removal
>> of my name; same code structure, even in help messages, etc.).
>
> ....ask on slashdot, give URL's showing evidence (both sets of code,
> proof of release dates, etc), and let anarchy prevail...

Seems like an excellent idea. The reputation damage to the pirates
alone would be a serious bit of damage to them.

Perry