[Typo3-dev] About respect

[Dmitry Dulepov]

Hi!

I agree. I feel that original author at least should be mentioned. This
is only a question of manners...

Dmitry.

Jean-David Gadina wrote:
> Ok guys, let's talk a bit about respect,
> I'm very sorry if this is not the place, but I just can't avoid this...
> 
> I've seen today on t3.org a new version of kj_recycler. That  extension
> exists since a long time, but older versions were  incompatible with new
> T3 versions. So it has been depreciated by the  DocTeam on the wiki, and
> on the repository.
> I've made, also a long time ago, a similar extension 
> (content_uneraser), to have a working recovering system on new T3 
> versions, with some nice visual features which were absent on  kj_recycler.
> I've immediately checked the new version. I think «competition»  between
> extension developers is a very good thing, as it helps to  improve the
> extensions' features.
> But when I checked the code, I saw some parts of my own code, without 
> any copyright nor credit. My own code comments were completely 
> stripped, some variables renamed...
> 
> I don't care if a developer take my code, as it's released on GPL in  an
> open-source community. It's even often a kind of compliment. It  show
> the work is appreciated. But even, and maybe especially with 
> open-source software, I think they are some rules to respect.
> 
> Is it so hard to show some respect to the others' work? Is it so hard 
> to send me an email just to tell those things? Is it so hard to keep 
> code comments and to add a little line with a credit? Was it really  the
> solution to get that extension un-depreciated?
> 
> At least, if that developer had contacted me, he would now have my  code
> working, which is not really the case at the moment. So I'm very  angry
> right now. Not because someone used my code, it's here to be  used,
> modified, improved, etc, but because it's a total mark of  disrespect...
> 
> I just wanted to say this somewhere, to ease my mind and to come down  a
> little bit...
> - - -
> Jean-David Gadina (macmade)
> www.gadlab.net - Multimedia Network
>