Stripped & Replaced ?
Can you be specific in where you seen this violation ?
I don't like misrepresentation.
Making it look like you made the software is bad no matter how you want to split hairs.
Credit belongs to the rightful owner period.
But are the OP's claims here accurate ?
And them deleting your comment does sound bad though.
I think we all would need more info on this topic before picking a side.
Topic: bitkeys.org - open source tools with copyrights removed (Read 415 times)
As I posted in the other thread... I think you'll find they have not broken any of the licensing rules attached to the "Open Source" bitaddress.org...
The permissions are quite explicit that anyone can basically to whatever they want with the source code... including sell copies of it... as long as the copyright and permissions notices are left intact... which it would appear they have done... and by removing the bitaddress.org branding, they ARE adhering to the license... as the name and logo are not part of the open source license so must be removed.
I'm fairly sure the Mnemonic checker is also under MIT license... and so is Coinb.in... can't say for the balance checker, can't seem to find any License for it...
While it may be pretty poor form to not be as forthright as perhaps they should be that the code is a derivative work... it still isn't some sort of huge crime.
Quote from: view-source:https://bitkeys.org/bitkeys/bitaddress.org.html
I'm fairly sure the Mnemonic checker is also under MIT license... and so is Coinb.in... can't say for the balance checker, can't seem to find any License for it...
While it may be pretty poor form to not be as forthright as perhaps they should be that the code is a derivative work... it still isn't some sort of huge crime.
Hello!
I've noticed that user BitkeysOrganization runs a site, bitkeys.org, which offers various tools for working with Bitcoin.
They make it look like that the tools were developed by themselves and don't hesitate to openly ask for donations.
In fact, the tools offered on their site are stolen and stripped of copyrights:
https://bitkeys.org/bulkchecker - http://www.homebitcoin.com/easybalance/easybalance.html
https://bitkeys.org/bitkeys - https://bitaddress.org
https://bitkeys.org/BIP39Mnemonic - https://iancoleman.github.io/bip39/
https://bitkeys.org/transaction - https://coinb.in
It's okay to republish open-source code, but replacing the copyrights and inserting your own donation address isn't.
When I posted in their original thread, they quickly removed it and made a new one.
Additionally, there might be backdoors inserted by them to snoop on users' private keys.
I've noticed that user BitkeysOrganization runs a site, bitkeys.org, which offers various tools for working with Bitcoin.
They make it look like that the tools were developed by themselves and don't hesitate to openly ask for donations.
In fact, the tools offered on their site are stolen and stripped of copyrights:
https://bitkeys.org/bulkchecker - http://www.homebitcoin.com/easybalance/easybalance.html
https://bitkeys.org/bitkeys - https://bitaddress.org
https://bitkeys.org/BIP39Mnemonic - https://iancoleman.github.io/bip39/
https://bitkeys.org/transaction - https://coinb.in
It's okay to republish open-source code, but replacing the copyrights and inserting your own donation address isn't.
When I posted in their original thread, they quickly removed it and made a new one.
Additionally, there might be backdoors inserted by them to snoop on users' private keys.
So it was open source right? Then why are you crying so much just for credits? If you feel they have violated the licensee terms by removing your name and adding their donation address, why don't you file a UDRP and get it down?
Hello!
I've noticed that user BitkeysOrganization runs a site, bitkeys.org, which offers various tools for working with Bitcoin.
They make it look like that the tools were developed by themselves and don't hesitate to openly ask for donations.
In fact, the tools offered on their site are stolen and stripped of copyrights:
https://bitkeys.org/bulkchecker - http://www.homebitcoin.com/easybalance/easybalance.html
https://bitkeys.org/bitkeys - https://bitaddress.org
https://bitkeys.org/BIP39Mnemonic - https://iancoleman.github.io/bip39/
https://bitkeys.org/transaction - https://coinb.in
It's okay to republish open-source code, but replacing the copyrights and inserting your own donation address isn't.
When I posted in their original thread, they quickly removed it and made a new one.
Additionally, there might be backdoors inserted by them to snoop on users' private keys.
I've noticed that user BitkeysOrganization runs a site, bitkeys.org, which offers various tools for working with Bitcoin.
They make it look like that the tools were developed by themselves and don't hesitate to openly ask for donations.
In fact, the tools offered on their site are stolen and stripped of copyrights:
https://bitkeys.org/bulkchecker - http://www.homebitcoin.com/easybalance/easybalance.html
https://bitkeys.org/bitkeys - https://bitaddress.org
https://bitkeys.org/BIP39Mnemonic - https://iancoleman.github.io/bip39/
https://bitkeys.org/transaction - https://coinb.in
It's okay to republish open-source code, but replacing the copyrights and inserting your own donation address isn't.
When I posted in their original thread, they quickly removed it and made a new one.
Additionally, there might be backdoors inserted by them to snoop on users' private keys.
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