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Re: LGPL violation/Missing references to Ethereumj project

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post #23

> 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 sha…

The BSD style license is the problem. The LGPL license is not. They are fulfilling the LGPL license.

Re: LGPL violation/Missing references to Ethereumj project

#64
post #2

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

Weird, the title literally does not mention the word 'tron' in it. So that means you must be violating LGPL?

It used to

Re: LGPL violation/Missing references to Ethereumj project

#65
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…

Who "invests" that much of their net worth in such a thing? Who must bear the responsibility for that?

Re: LGPL violation/Missing references to Ethereumj project

#67
post #24
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…

> , but after seeing likes tron, verge, and doge...

Just clarifying for uninitiated: doge coin is a "joke currency" (literally) that has a huge market cap anyway. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin

Re: LGPL violation/Missing references to Ethereumj project

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post #2

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

Weird, the title literally does not mention the word 'tron' in it. So that means you must be violating LGPL?

mods changed the title, having realised my perplexity.
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