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Sourceforge is hosting a bogus Tiny Core project.
tinypoodle:
Umm, I did not see asking for donations from the first time I checked til now.
http://sourceforge.net/project/project_donations.php?group_id=515564
roberts:
In my first post in this topic, when I said I contacted Sourceforge this is what I sent:
--- Quote ---Re: http://sourceforge.net/projects/tinycorelinux/
It has been brought to my attention that a certain individual by the name of Dave Bukov aka grimaldo has very recently registered the above named project, Tiny Core Linux.
I am the founder and lead developer of Tiny Core Linux, see http://www.tinycorelinux.com (hosted at bluehost.com). My project was first published on Dec 01, 2008. My project is registered at Freshmeat see: http://freshmeat.net/projects/tinycorelinux as well as DistroWatch see: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=tinycore, and Ibiblio see:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/
From the above you can see that my project is very active and on-going.
By allowing this Dave Bukov, aka grimaldo, to register my project and for you to host it is very inappropriate. By the above you can see that individual has completely copied my content. I don't know this individual and I certainly don't know their motivation. It is therefore incumbent upon you to take down http://sourceforge.net/projects/tinycorelinux/
Regards,
Robert Shingledecker
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When Chris at Sourceforge failed to take any action, I sent the followup:
--- Quote ---Chris,
So If I want to host my new project, let me call it Ubuntu, then you are fine with hosting it? Really?
Your procedure is to accept any project without first verifying that an existing project by that name exists?
This is not copyright material. It is GPL. This individual can certainly fork my project, but it should not be named the same. and Sourcefore should not allow such.
Your procedure for hosting any project without checking that it is an existing project is a huge disservice to the FOSS community.
Regards,
Robert Shingledecker
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This is not about distributing binaries and charging for it. I am well aware of the GPL. This is about scamming (fraud) claiming to be the tinycorelinux project and its developer. it is even more apparent when the support link points back to the real (our) project,
With all the links that I provided Sourceforge in my first email, it would have taken 2 minutes to verify our project is the target of a scam.
Sourceforge, shame on you. Shame on you, for having your policy backwards, allowing any FOSS project to be so easily scammed. For placing the burden on the real honest valid project thereby allowing the scam to occur so easily.
bmarkus:
Sent a short mail to author of RIPLinux, another victim.
vinnie:
is not the only other victim, but I could not find information about other
--- Quote from: vinnie on March 24, 2011, 01:56:29 AM ---http://grimaldo.users.sourceforge.net/ this is all project shared by "Dave Bukove"
Emails are in the respective sites
GRUB Invaders http://www.erikyyy.de/invaders/
RIPLinuX http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip/
Puppy Studio was created by a l0wt3ch ? is user of puppy forum
Aptosid is by Stefan Lippers-Hollmannn , look for his email on this page finding "gmx" http://manual.aptosid.com/en/cd-dl-burning-en.htm
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Frank:
--- Quote from: roberts on March 24, 2011, 09:33:44 AM ---
--- Quote ---it should not be named the same. and Sourcefore should not allow such.
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If he had chosen a different name to distribute the identical binaries, wouldn't you then be even more annoyed?
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