Open Source: you're doing it wrong - the Pyjamas hijack

[Adrian Hunt]

Hi,

I'm not big Python user but like to keep a eye on this mailing list as there are a few subjects that can be applied to other languages and just for general interest (Yes, I'm a geek!!! lol)

This message thread has really shocked me: I've been a programmer for some thirty years and yes in the past I've had code/intellectual property stolen mainly by corporate bodies (well more like little upstart twats that cannot come up with ideas for themselves, acting in the name of a company.) I've never been able to do anything about it, proving that code and/or an idea has been stolen is not a simple thing to do... But surely in this case, as the project is so visibly the intellectual property of Luke that Risinger and his sheep are standing on the edge of a very large and loose cliff!

> To: python-list at python.org
> From: tjreedy at udel.edu
> Subject: Re: Open Source: you're doing it wrong - the Pyjamas hijack
> Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 21:35:22 -0400
> 
> On 5/8/2012 5:47 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
> 
> >  From what others have posted, it has a new code repository (that being
> > the ostensible reason for the fork), project site, and mailing list --
> > the latter two incompetently. Apparently, the only thing he has kept are
> > the domain and project names (the latter for sure not legitimately).
> 
> Update: the pyjs.org group (or member thereof) has registered pyjs as a 
> new project name on pypi and released pyjames0.8.1 as pyjs0.8.1. So they 
> seem not to be claiming the name 'pyjames', at least not on pypi.
> 
> -- 
> Terry Jan Reedy
> 
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