Monit's DMCA takedown notice for Inspeqtor
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Re: Monit's DMCA takedown notice for Inspeqtor
#2I may be wrong since IMNAL, but something is strange about this:
1) inspeqtor is written in Go and shares no code with Monit anyway.
2) The takedown claims violation of license. Licenses only apply to code, so patents and similar are out of this game.
1+2 don't stay together. How is a code license violated if the code is totally different between the two projects? I believe this is something that can be easily fixed with a good lawyer.
Re: Monit's DMCA takedown notice for Inspeqtor
#3I may be wrong since IMNAL, but something is strange about this: 1) inspeqtor is written in Go and shares no code with Monit anyway. 2) The takedown claims violation of license. Licenses only apply to code, so patents and similar are out of this game. 1+2 don't stay together. How is a code license violated if the code is totally different between the two projects? I believe this is something that can be easily fixed…
If you rewrite Harry Potter in a different script, language, or some plot twists, it's still "derived work".
Re: Monit's DMCA takedown notice for Inspeqtor
#4I may be wrong since IMNAL, but something is strange about this: 1) inspeqtor is written in Go and shares no code with Monit anyway. 2) The takedown claims violation of license. Licenses only apply to code, so patents and similar are out of this game. 1+2 don't stay together. How is a code license violated if the code is totally different between the two projects? I believe this is something that can be easily fixed…
If you rewrite Harry Potter in a different script, language, or some plot twists, it's still "derived work".
Just a note for others:
antires is talking about 'License', and tomp is talking about 'Copyright'.
Re: Monit's DMCA takedown notice for Inspeqtor
#5"Inspeqtor which is hosted at GitHub, is far from a “clean-room” implementation. This is basically a rewrite of Monit in Go"
I don't understand this. How is a re-write a license violation?
Re: Monit's DMCA takedown notice for Inspeqtor
#6Well, I certainly will not be using Monit ever again should this be accurate. There is no illegal activity from what I can tell, so it's entirely baseless. Are they unclear about what copyright means? Did they hire a lawyer? Does not inspire a lot of confidence.
edit: I've reached out to Monit for an explanation, and will amend if they reply.
Re: Monit's DMCA takedown notice for Inspeqtor
#7I may be wrong since IMNAL, but something is strange about this: 1) inspeqtor is written in Go and shares no code with Monit anyway. 2) The takedown claims violation of license. Licenses only apply to code, so patents and similar are out of this game. 1+2 don't stay together. How is a code license violated if the code is totally different between the two projects? I believe this is something that can be easily fixed…
Anyone can request DMCA-based takedown - it's up to inspeqtor guys to say "not true, restore the project, they can sue us if they want to" now. Hopefully they will.
With or without lawsuit to follow, this is an interesting case. I'd also agree that (unless it's an automatically done 1:1 codebase translation) AGPL doesn't apply.
Re: Monit's DMCA takedown notice for Inspeqtor
#8I may be wrong since IMNAL, but something is strange about this: 1) inspeqtor is written in Go and shares no code with Monit anyway. 2) The takedown claims violation of license. Licenses only apply to code, so patents and similar are out of this game. 1+2 don't stay together. How is a code license violated if the code is totally different between the two projects? I believe this is something that can be easily fixed…
If you rewrite Harry Potter in a different script, language, or some plot twists, it's still "derived work".
If the work meets the established criteria regarding transformative changes, then it can be considered its own.
Rewriting a program in a new language is a large change in its own right; even more so, if it it uses features in the new language which were unavailable in the original.
Re: Monit's DMCA takedown notice for Inspeqtor
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Re: Monit's DMCA takedown notice for Inspeqtor
#10"Inspeqtor which is hosted at GitHub, is far from a “clean-room” implementation. This is basically a rewrite of Monit in Go" I don't understand this. How is a re-write a license violation?
They are claiming copyright violation. Following the license would (in Monit's view) let Inspeqtor avoid that.