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Re: LGPL violation/Missing references to Ethereumj project

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Post by tehlike »

dreit1 wrote: post #20
ve55 wrote: post #15

For those that haven't heard of TRON, it is what I would call one of the most successful scams in the history of cryptocurrency. It is a currency that was made on top of Ethereum (thus, it took no actual effort to create, as this can be done instantly and for free), paired with a significant amount of hype and lies to investors. The TRON Whitepaper (what investors are 'supposed' to read and invest off of) is written…

Don't forget the senior Alibaba Developers lol

Tron foundation website is a "showcase" of the ceo guy, nothing more.

Re: LGPL violation/Missing references to Ethereumj project

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Post by rdtsc »

> appear to be straightforward imports from sphlib ( http://www.saphir2.com/sphlib/ ), with just the license removed and replaced with their own.

That is so blatant:

https://github.com/tronprotocol/java-tron/blob/develop/src/m...

https://github.com/jnorthrup/sphlib/blob/master/src/main/jav...

It's written right there in the license block they cut and replaced "The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software".

Re: LGPL violation/Missing references to Ethereumj project

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Post by tehlike »

dreit1 wrote: post #22
tehlike wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tron foundation website is a "showcase" of the ceo guy, nothing more.

Gotta admit, he is a DAMN good marketer

More like a prophet at this point.

It's very interesting to see how bubbles plays out. I do think cryptocurrencies are real and have big potential, but after seeing likes tron, verge, and doge, I also believe the current valuations are biggest bubbles of our lifetimes. Yet, you see people justifying ~10b$ valuation on the premise of a whitepaper written with broken english, then partnerships that are merely vaporware (remember iota announced msft partnership, yet it was more like iota was using azure products).

Interesting times. Just play into people's irrational decisions and you'd make big bucks.

Re: LGPL violation/Missing references to Ethereumj project

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Post by tehlike »

FigBug wrote: post #10
tehlike wrote: post #4

Is tron name itself a violation of trademark, or copyright of Disney? Not much knowledgable on IP laws in the US, hence the question.

Titles can't be copyrighted. Words can be trademarked, but they aren't exclusive. As long as there is no risk of confusion, then the same word can be trademarked by different people for different purposes. Think: Apple Computer vs Apple the record label -- it wasn't an issue until Apple Computer started getting into the music business.

so called tron foundation claims to be an "entertainment on blockchain", sounds like a reason for confusion with some weak definition. I suspect disney lawyers could be taking as a bit more stronger.

Re: LGPL violation/Missing references to Ethereumj project

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Post by theincredulousk »

Aww man you mean these alternative cryptocurrencies are just copy pasting from github and giving them a new name?

I like that people publish their code and then cry when people take it. The area between FOSS and proprietary software is a purgatory for people with analysis paralysis that can’t pick a fucking side.

Re: LGPL violation/Missing references to Ethereumj project

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Post by bitL »

tehlike wrote: post #24
dreit1 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Gotta admit, he is a DAMN good marketer

More like a prophet at this point. It's very interesting to see how bubbles plays out. I do think cryptocurrencies are real and have big potential, but after seeing likes tron, verge, and doge, I also believe the current valuations are biggest bubbles of our lifetimes. Yet, you see people justifying ~10b$ valuation on the premise of a whitepaper written with broken english, then partnerships that are merely vaporware…

With <30 transactions/s, which is state-of-art, they don't have any future. If a better protocol keeping Satoshi's goals but more scalable is invented, then we will see something that might not be just a bubble.

Re: LGPL violation/Missing references to Ethereumj project

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Post by duncan_bayne »

ijafri wrote: post #2

Phew! As the owner of https://tron.pk I literally spilled my morning coffee over the keyboard, just reading the title.

You should get a ThinkPad, at least, one of the models with an under-keyboard drip tray.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U5n2WaMMHo

I think Apple have the same basic design, just they use the motherboard, which has to be replaced after each spill ;)

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