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VX30 Ad-Stats Code Online

Posted by timothy on from the lo-his-wrath-is-righteous dept.

tmk writes "Drunkenblog has done it again. After deconstructing Maui X-Stream has GPL Violations with reproducable proof, he put a copy of the VX30 Ad-Stats source online. There is also a copy of the phpAdsNew source to compare. Drunkenbatman says 'This is a community problem, and it's pretty much up to you.'"

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  1. Gotta trackback... by BrynM · · Score: 5, Informative
    For those who don't RTFA, you should. The second trackback from the post on the 18th points to a post on Rakaz's blog (he's the author of phpAdsNew) from the 19th. They admit guilt and dig their hole deeper. Damn. They're SCOing themselves in the foot.

    MXS responds... round 2 from rakaz Totally out of the blue I received an e-mail from Jonathan Miller at Maui X-Stream. Okay, not totally out of the blue, but still a bit unexpected. In this email Jonathan concedes that VX30 Ad-Stats......
    Get this quote: "As I believe you are aware we do have a product called VX30 Ad-Stats that is based upon phpAdsNew." - Jonathan Miller of Maui X-Stream

    Darl must be beaming and handing out cigars by now...

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  2. Innovation by /ASCII · · Score: 4, Informative

    Maui does seem to have a new mode of operation here. Whenever somone proves that they stole some source code, they say 'Oh, that... Yeah that was just a bit of test code we borrowed. The new release is clean.' Then they release a new version which is identical to the old version, except maybe they altered some text strings to make the release appear to be different.

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    1. Re:Innovation by sosume · · Score: 4, Informative

      I compared the source code, and except for the copyright banners, they just did a global search-and-replace to change phpAds to AdStats.. pretty lame imo.

  3. Re:The GPL isn't all that by El_Muerte_TDS · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's not advice:
    Exchange your lawer for one that actually knows his trade.

    IANAL: but the GPL FAQ clearly states that output generated by a GPL program isn't covered by the GPL, so it's 100% safe to use programs like GCC for compiling your program.

    And another thing, pretty much all Open Source licenses only "restrict" you in one way when you distribute your creation. If it's kept in private you are not "restricted".

  4. Re:So.. by /ASCII · · Score: 5, Informative

    That question is pretty easy to answer. It is ok to use GPLed code in a beta of your closed source software to 'test stuff' so long as you don't distribute it.

    So by the first _public_ beta, that code had better be gone, before that it's all fair play.

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  5. What ELSE has Maui stolen? by strider44 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here's a list of their products.