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Re: DMCA Takedown – Popular PHP Barcode Removed

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Post by ascendantlogic »

sp332 wrote: post #5
ascendantlogic wrote: post #4

Seems reasonable if they copied the code and stripped all attribution and licenses.

Instead of a takedown request, it would probably have made more sense to ask those projects to add the required license information.

While I agree with you, if they went through the trouble to copy the code and strip out the obvious attribution and license information, I'd have a hard time believing they didn't do it with intent. I'm no DMCA fan but you'll have a hard time selling me that this was an honest mistake that is easily remedied via some friendly emails. But maybe I'm wrong.

Re: DMCA Takedown – Popular PHP Barcode Removed

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Post by pluma »

525 wrote: post #22
orclev wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Should probably use https://github.com/tecnickcom/tc-lib-barcode or https://github.com/tecnickcom/TCPDF both of which are mentioned in the DMCA notice.

Or not deploy from random repos you don't control.

But... the cloud?

Re: DMCA Takedown – Popular PHP Barcode Removed

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Post by sp332 »

ascendantlogic wrote: post #42
sp332 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Instead of a takedown request, it would probably have made more sense to ask those projects to add the required license information.

While I agree with you, if they went through the trouble to copy the code and strip out the obvious attribution and license information, I'd have a hard time believing they didn't do it with intent. I'm no DMCA fan but you'll have a hard time selling me that this was an honest mistake that is easily remedied via some friendly emails. But maybe I'm wrong.

Well maybe that first one was. But all the others that forked from it probably had no idea what was missing.

Re: DMCA Takedown – Popular PHP Barcode Removed

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Post by tzs »

sp332 wrote: post #5
ascendantlogic wrote: post #4

Seems reasonable if they copied the code and stripped all attribution and licenses.

Instead of a takedown request, it would probably have made more sense to ask those projects to add the required license information.

If I didn't botch counting, there were 69 of them. Thats a lot of projects to deal with. Dealing with a single point of contact (Github's DMCA procedure) is a lot more efficient than dealing with 69 points of contact.

Re: DMCA Takedown – Popular PHP Barcode Removed

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Post by wiredfool »

wiredfool wrote: post #32
ealexhudson wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

GPLv3 doesn't impose any conditions on use. This is LGPLv3, which has even fewer requirements.

Never mind, didn't see that it was LGPL.

And I was thinking of the AGPL3, which would affect usage.

Re: DMCA Takedown – Popular PHP Barcode Removed

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Post by nieve »

cpeterso wrote: post #41

So who first deleted the license and copyright notices?

Either @dineshrabara stripped them since the first commit is based on an official release three days earlier and lacks the notices or they copied it from someone who moved really fast to do so and distributed them in some mysterious third location. The former seems more likely.

ETA: An HN account of the same name was created 235 days ago, so it's probably the same person if they choose to respond.

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